| An Overview of Numerical Simulation of Chemical Weapon Explosions Using Hydrocodes |
22-Aug-1996 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Serena; Joseph M III; David J Stevens; ARMY ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT CENTER HUNTSVILLE AL
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 | The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is the Army's Mandatory Center of Expertise for the remediation of ordnance and explosive (OE) waste sites. The Center is also the design agency for the Army's Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program. To develop safe and efficient methods for removal of ordnance, the blast and fragment hazards caused by an explosion must be known. Typically, this information has ... |
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| Numerical Simulation of Chemical Weapon Detonations |
Aug-1996 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Serena; Joseph M III; David J Stevens; ARMY ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT CENTER HUNTSVILLE AL
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| The Huntsville Engineering and Support Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is currently involved in the location, removal, and demilitarization of stockpiled and non-stockpiled chemical munitions. To support the development of safe, efficient, and cost-effective approaches for demilitarizing these weapons, numerical simulations of the detonation of 9 chemical weapons were performed with CTH, an Eulerian hydrocode developed by Sandia National Laboratories. Arena test results were available for 4 of these ... |
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| Transportation Containers for Ordnance and Explosive Waste Remediation Projects |
Aug 1996 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Michael A Polcyn; Serena; Joseph M III; ARMY ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT CENTER HUNTSVILLE AL
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| The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently involved in the location and removal of on-surface and buried unexploded munitions at formerly used defense sites (FUDS). Many of these projects require on-site burial and demolition of the unexploded ordnance. It is of interest to determine if containers exist or can be developed to transport unexploded munitions from the remediation site to a remote ... |
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| Explosive Risk and Structural Damage Assessment Code (ERASDAC) |
Aug 1996 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Michael W Stahl; Mark G Whitney; Serena; Joseph M III; ARMY ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT CENTER HUNTSVILLE AL
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| This paper describes the principles behind software developed for the purpose of evaluating siting of facilities where explosives are stored, processed, assembled or handled. The work was funded as a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) project that was solicited by the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) and contracted through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Division (USAEHD) which also provided technical review and direction. The ... |
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| An On-Site Demilitarization Container for Unexploded Ordnance |
Aug 1996 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Serena; Joseph M III; ARMY ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT CENTER HUNTSVILLE AL
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| The Huntsville Engineering and Support Center, US Army Corps of Engineers, is the Corps' Mandatory Center of Expertise for Ordnance and Explosive Waste. The Huntsville Center is actively involved in the removal of unexploded weapons from active military installations, installations slated for closure, and formerly used defense sites. At many of these sites, ordnance has been discovered very close to schools, homes, and other inhabited and privately owned facilities. The ... |
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| Design of Passive Structural Systems to Resist Hazard Division (HD) 1.3 Deflagrations |
Aug 1994 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Serena; Joseph M III; CORPS OF ENGINEERS HUNTSVILLE AL
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| HD 1.3 materials and munitions are those which do not mass detonate, but instead present a fire hazard and either a minor explosive hazard or a minor projectile hazard, or both. HD 1.3 materials usually burn quite vigorously, producing a rapidly expanding fireball. In relatively unconfined situations, the HD 1.3 material will burn but will produce no significant overpressures. In more confined situations, pressures may be sufficient to blow out ... |
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| Development of a New Rectangular Box-Shaped Standard Ammunition Storage Magazine |
Aug-1992 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Serena; Joseph M III; CORPS OF ENGINEERS HUNTSVILLE AL
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| A new, earth-covered, standard magazine for the storage of ammunition and explosives is being developed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The new magazine is to be constructed using the Blast and Fragment Resistant (BFR) wall system, also known as the Agan Steel Panel (ASP) system. The magazine is a rectangular box structure with a flat roof. It is anticipated that this magazine will be approved as a ... |
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| Validation of Airblast Damage Predictions Using a Microcomputer Based High Explosive Damage Assessment Model (HEXDAM) |
Aug 1990 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Serena; Joseph M III; Paul M LaHoud; CORPS OF ENGINEERS HUNTSVILLE AL
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| A flexible and easy to use microcomputer program has been developed to predict the damage to facilities resulting from the effects of conventional explosions. This High Explosive Damage Assessment Model (HIXDAK) is intended to provide safety engineering offices and facility designers a tool for rapid evaluation of airblast damage to structures. The model was first reported at the 1988 Explosive Safety Seminar and has received widespread distribution within the U. ... |
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