Accession Number:

ADA288235

Title:

Structural Analysis of Reinforced 'SICPS' Shelter Floor Panel Subjected to Rail Impact Loading.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY RESEARCH LAB WATERTOWN MA MATERIALS DIRECTORATE

Personal Author(s):

• Cavallaro, Paul V.

Report Date:

1994-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

42.0

Abstract:

Structural analyses related-to a Standardized Integrated Command Post Shelter SICPS mounted to a High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle HMMWV were conducted to determine the response of the former to rail impact loading conditions shown in Figure 1. The Finite Element method FEM was used to establish the relative structural contributions of the floor panel components when subjected to simulated rail impact. Stress fields of the floor panel face sheets were obtained and compared for reinforced and non-reinforced baseline models subjected to static body forces. Conclusions regarding the structural performance of the floor reinforcements were made based on these comparisons.

Descriptors:

• *LOADS(FORCES)
• *SHELTERS
• *STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
• SIMULATION
• ALUMINUM ALLOYS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
• FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
• FLOORS
• IMPACT TESTS
• PANELS
• RAILS
• STATIC LOADS
• STRESS TESTING
• STRUCTURAL MECHANICS
• MILITARY VEHICLES
• COMPARISON
• BEAMS(STRUCTURAL)
• DEFORMATION
• TENSILE STRESS

Subject Categories:

• Mechanics
• Surface Transportation and Equipment
• Structural Engineering and Building Technology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE