Accession Number:

ADA172115

Title:

Overhead Cover for Individual Fighting Position: Feasibility Study.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB (ARMY) CHAMPAIGN IL

Personal Author(s):

• Eubanks,Robert A.

Report Date:

1986-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

A study has been conducted to determine the feasibility of developing an Overhead Cover for Individual Fighting Position OHC-IFP that falls within a design envelope established by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Commands Operational and Organizational Plan for OHC-IFP and meets the criteria established by the U.S. Army Belvoir Research and Development Center in conjunction with the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory Candidate solutions included tension membrane structures, folded-plate structures, and fabric-covered framework structures. The first two types present operational difficulties or fall outside the design envelope, but a variety of fabric-covered framework structures will satisfy all stated requirements. Keyword Foxholes.

Descriptors:

• *PROTECTIVE COVERINGS
• *FOXHOLES
• POSITION(LOCATION)
• WARFARE
• ALUMINUM ALLOYS
• ARMY TRAINING
• SHELTERS
• STRUCTURES
• HIGH STRENGTH ALLOYS
• TENSION
• FABRICS
• LIGHTWEIGHT
• MEMBRANES
• FRAMES
• RODS

Subject Categories:

• Structural Engineering and Building Technology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE