A long term test program was performed by the University of California San Diego (UCSD) under contract by Berger/ABAM to determine the level of performance of the fender configuration used on the Modular Hybrid Pier (MHP) Test Bed. During the test, the fender underwent an undesirable sideway buckling. Berger/ABAM revised the fender design for the Floating Double Deck Pier (FDDP) by redesigning the MHP Test Bed uniaxial fender composed of ...
SHOCK is a computer program that implements the method used to generate Figures 2-52 through 2-100 for averaged reflected pressure and Figures 2- 101 through 2-149 for reflected impulse in UFC 3-340-02 Structures to Resist the Effects of Accidental Explosions . The methodology used in SHOCK was never fully documented or explained by the original authors or thereafter. Furthermore, lack of configuration management has resulted in numerous versions of the ...
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