PRESTRESSED CONCRETE SPHERICAL CONTAINMENT VESSEL

Technical Report · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1963

OSTI ID:4112151

Mueller, D W; Furnish, A P

A description is given of a 20-foot-OD, 16-foot-ID spherical concrete shell, prestressed, with an outer steel skin, which was designed to serve as a container for explosions. This 20-foot containment vessel. which has not been built, is described in Part I. Design specifications and reproductions of the original engineering drawings are also given. Part II describes a quarter-scale model of the vessel, which was built and tested to destruction with high explosives. Results of the tests are described, and details are given. (auth)

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• NSA Number: NSA-18-008462
• OSTI ID: 4112151
• Report Number(s): LA-2901
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-64
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ENGINEERING
CONCRETES
CONFIGURATION
EXPLOSIONS
PLANNING
SHELLS
SPHERES
STEELS
STRESSES
TESTING
VESSELS