Testing and Analysis Done in Support of the Development of a Container for On-Site Weapon Demilitarization

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) was contracted by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (formerly the Huntsville Division, Corps of Engineers) to develop, fabricate, and proof test a container which can be used by explosives ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel for on-site demoli...

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Main Authors: Marchand, Kirk A, Oswald, Charles J, Polcyn, Michael A
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AMMUNITION
Ammunition and Explosives
AMMUNITION FRAGMENTS
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
ARMY EQUIPMENT
BAGS
BLAST
CONFINEMENT(GENERAL)
CONTAINERS
CYLINDRICAL BODIES
DEMILITARIZATION
DEMOLITION
DISPOSAL
ELLIPSES
ENGINEERING
EOD(EXPLOSIVES ORDNANCE DISPOSAL)
Explosions
EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL
EXPLOSIVES
EXTERNAL
FIRING TESTS(ORDNANCE)
FRAGMENTS
HC-33 GUN PROPELLANT
IMPACT
LOGISTICS SUPPORT
MATERIALS
MATS
Mfg & Industrial Eng & Control of Product Sys
ON-SITE DEMOLITION
ORDNANCE
REPRINTS
SAFETY
Safety Engineering
SHELLS(STRUCTURAL FORMS)
STEEL
Structural Engineering and Building Technology
SYMPOSIA
TEST AND EVALUATION
THOR EQUATIONS
WATER
WEAPONS
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Summary:Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) was contracted by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (formerly the Huntsville Division, Corps of Engineers) to develop, fabricate, and proof test a container which can be used by explosives ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel for on-site demolition of a given size and number of munitions. The first step of the project was to develop a container concept and to perform preliminary design. The concept container consisted of a cylindrical steel confinement with elliptical ends and fragment mitigating materials inside the container for protection of the outer cylindrical shell from fragment impacts. Based on this concept, tests were performed to define blast and fragment mitigation approaches. Three sets of concept tests were conducted. The first set of tests was to evaluate fragment mitigating materials by firing fragments at mitigating material. The second set of tests was used to evaluate blast mitigating methods including the use of water bags and blasting mats. The final set of concept tests used a cylindrical section and the blasting mats to evaluate the effectiveness of the mats at resisting the combined blast and fragment effects in the cylinder. See also ADM000767. Presented at the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Seminar (27th) held in Las Vegas, Nevada on 23-26 August, 1996. Published in the Proceedings of the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Seminar (27th), 1996.