Accession Number:

ADB006889

Title:

Applications of Suppressive Shielding in Hazardous Operation Protection

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.

Corporate Author:

EDGEWOOD ARSENAL ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Jezek, Bruce W.
• Katsanis, David J.
• Thresher, Richard G.

Report Date:

1975-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

A new kind of protective barricade is being developed by Edgewood Arsenal for use in protecting equipment and personnel that are performing hazardous operations during the manufacturing of munitions in Army ammunition plants. This protective structure i.e., suppressive shield, provides the protection from the dangerous effects of an explosive detonation. The suppressive shield consists of a series of vented panels in a framework. The vented panels are fabricated from a combination of perforated plates, spaced angle irons, louvred plates andor wire screening the specific arrangement depends on the hazard to be suppressed. Suppressive shields are designed to attenuate the explosive blast pressure and fireball and prevent any fragments from escaping the structure.

Descriptors:

• *BARRIERS
• *SHIELDING
• AMMUNITION DAMAGE
• ATTENUATION
• BLAST
• CHEMICAL ORDNANCE
• DISPOSAL
• EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL
• FRAGMENTS
• HAZARDS
• LIGHTWEIGHT
• MODULAR CONSTRUCTION
• OVERPRESSURE
• PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
• PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
• SCREENS(WOVEN MATERIALS)
• SHELTERS
• STEEL
• STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
• SUPPRESSION
• VENTING
• WHITE PHOSPHORUS
• WIRE

Subject Categories:

• Structural Engineering and Building Technology
• Explosions

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE