Enhanced Palletized Flatrack (EPF) Transportability Testing on the Palletized Loading System (PLS) Truck/Trailer

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Abstract:

The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School USADACS, Validation Engineering Division SMCAC-DEV, was tasked by the U.S. Army Tank- Automotive Command, Program Manager for Heavy Tactical Vehicles SFAE-CS-TVH, to test the Enhanced Palletized Flatrack EPF on the Palletized Loading System PLS with ammunition loads for compliance with Transportability Testing Procedures, TP-91-01, July 1991. Testing included Container-on-flatcar COFC, Trailer-on-flatcar TOFC, loaded PLS truck with EPF cabled on a flatcar, loaded PLS trucktrailer cabled on a flatcar, road hazard course, road trip, washboard, and Shipboard Transportation Simulator STS of four different ammunition loads. Minor mechanical discrepancies were observed in the EPF however, problems did not hinder successful transportation of the ammunition loads. Although the EPF satisfied basic ammunition transportation test criteria, the wooden deck contained 18- to 12-inch gaps which do not meet the tight floor requirements of Code of Federal Regulations CFR 177.835f. As a result, the EPF as designed cannot be used for the transportation of ammunition until this floor requirement is met

Author(s):
Mcintosh, Jr, A. C.
Author Organization(s):
ARMY DEFENSE AMMUNITION CENTER AND SCHOOL SAVANNA IL
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Pagination:
0348

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
USADACS-94-05
Monitor Series:
TACOM
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_8_Building Partnerships
Modernization Areas:
Directed Energy
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*ROAD TESTS, *TRAILERS, *TRUCKS, TEST AND EVALUATION, SIMULATORS, REQUIREMENTS, TRANSPORTATION, SCHOOLS, HAZARDS, DIVISION, SHIP DECKS, REGULATIONS, ARMY, VEHICLES, ROADS, VALIDATION, FLOORS, ENGINEERING, AMMUNITION, SHIPBOARD, CONTAINERS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Civil Engineering, Surface Transportation and Equipment
Keyword(s):
EPF(ENHANCED PALLETIZED FLATROCK), PLS(PALLETIZED LOADING SYSTEM)
Report Date:
1994 Mar 01