Prefabricated panelized nuclear-hardened shelter

Patent · Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5585564

Smith, R A

This patent describes a shelter for protecting occupants therein from dynamic blast waves and barometric overpressure created by an above ground nuclear detonation proximate to the shelter, the shelter being buried below ground under soil, the soil comprising means for the attenuation of the dynamic blast wave generated by the detonation, the shelter having a semipherical domed roof and a base means supporting the roof, the semipherical domed roof being downwardly displaceable and having a lower edge which is vertically and downwardly movable in response to barometric overpressure generated by the detonation, the base means being a ring made up of a plurality of arcuate sections, the arcuate sections of the base means being crushable in response to the vertical downward movement of the roof to enable the roof to move downwardly to a lower position where it is supported on the crushed base member, the overpressure being transmitted through the soil surrounding the roof.

• Assignee: NOV; EDB-87-176075; NOV-87-077345
• Patent Number(s): US 4686804
• OSTI ID: 5585564
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450202 -- Explosions & Explosives-- Nuclear-- Weaponry-- (-1989)
990500* -- Civilian Defense-- (-1987)
ATTENUATION
BLAST EFFECTS
CIVIL DEFENSE
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
DETONATIONS
FALLOUT SHELTERS
MODULAR STRUCTURES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
OCCUPANTS
PRESSURE EFFECTS
PRESSURIZING
ROOFS
SHOCK WAVES
SOIL MECHANICS
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
WAVE PROPAGATION