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Title: Composite Vessels for Containment of Extreme Blast Loadings

Abstract

A worldwide trend for explosives testing has been to replace open-air detonations with containment vessels, especially when any hazardous materials are involved. As part of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) effort to ensure the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear stockpile, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have been developing a high performance filament wound composite firing vessel that is nearly radiographically transparent. It was intended to contain a limited number of detonations of metal cased explosive assemblies in radiographic facilities such as the Advanced Hydrodynamic Facility (AHF) being studied by Los Alamos National Laboratory. A 2-meter diameter pressure vessel was designed to contain up to 35 kg (80 lb) of TNT equivalent explosive without leakage. Over the past 5 years a total of three half-scale (1 meter diameter) vessels have been constructed, and two of them were tested to 150% load with 8.2 kg (18-pound) spheres of C4 explosive. The low density and high specific strength advantages used in this composite vessel design may have other additional applications such as transporting sensitive explosives that could otherwise be moved only in very small quantities. Also, it could be used for highly portable, explosive containment systems for law enforcement.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
15014483
Report Number(s):
UCRL-CONF-205423
TRN: US0800845
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at: ASME 2004 Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, San Diego, CA, United States, Jul 25 - Jul 29, 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 42 ENGINEERING; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; CONTAINMENT; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; PRESSURE VESSELS; EXPLOSIVES

Citation Formats

Pastrnak, J, Henning, C, Grundler, W, Switzer, V, Hollaway, R, Morrison, J, Hagler, L, Kokko, E, Deteresa, S, Hathcoat, B, and Dalder, E. Composite Vessels for Containment of Extreme Blast Loadings. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.1115/PVP2004-2876.
Pastrnak, J, Henning, C, Grundler, W, Switzer, V, Hollaway, R, Morrison, J, Hagler, L, Kokko, E, Deteresa, S, Hathcoat, B, & Dalder, E. Composite Vessels for Containment of Extreme Blast Loadings. United States. https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2004-2876
Pastrnak, J, Henning, C, Grundler, W, Switzer, V, Hollaway, R, Morrison, J, Hagler, L, Kokko, E, Deteresa, S, Hathcoat, B, and Dalder, E. 2004. "Composite Vessels for Containment of Extreme Blast Loadings". United States. https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2004-2876. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15014483.
@article{osti_15014483,
title = {Composite Vessels for Containment of Extreme Blast Loadings},
author = {Pastrnak, J and Henning, C and Grundler, W and Switzer, V and Hollaway, R and Morrison, J and Hagler, L and Kokko, E and Deteresa, S and Hathcoat, B and Dalder, E},
abstractNote = {A worldwide trend for explosives testing has been to replace open-air detonations with containment vessels, especially when any hazardous materials are involved. As part of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) effort to ensure the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear stockpile, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have been developing a high performance filament wound composite firing vessel that is nearly radiographically transparent. It was intended to contain a limited number of detonations of metal cased explosive assemblies in radiographic facilities such as the Advanced Hydrodynamic Facility (AHF) being studied by Los Alamos National Laboratory. A 2-meter diameter pressure vessel was designed to contain up to 35 kg (80 lb) of TNT equivalent explosive without leakage. Over the past 5 years a total of three half-scale (1 meter diameter) vessels have been constructed, and two of them were tested to 150% load with 8.2 kg (18-pound) spheres of C4 explosive. The low density and high specific strength advantages used in this composite vessel design may have other additional applications such as transporting sensitive explosives that could otherwise be moved only in very small quantities. Also, it could be used for highly portable, explosive containment systems for law enforcement.},
doi = {10.1115/PVP2004-2876},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/15014483}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2004},
month = {Thu Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2004}
}

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