Design Criteria for Frangible Covers in Ordnance Facilities

Abstract

This paper presents preliminary design criteria for frangible surfaces intended to 'break-up' and 'blow-away' quickly enough to limit the internal blast environment, structural damage and exterior debris hazard from explosions inside structures. The design criteria relate the critical design parameters of the structure, frangible surface and explosive to the internal loading -- in a format that facilitates the design of frangible covers and the prediction of internal blast loads.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP000438

Entities

People

  • James E. Tancreto
  • William A. Keenan

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast Loads
  • Computer Programs
  • Construction
  • Design Criteria
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Frangible
  • Hardened Structures
  • Heat Energy
  • Munitions
  • Physical Properties
  • Physical Security
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Shock Waves
  • Specific Heat
  • Time Intervals

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.