Engineering design and cost study of a boss airblast simulator. Technical report jun 71-feb 72
A brief engineering design and cost study of a BOSS airblast simulator for testing hardened surface structures is described. The design consists of steel arch ducts with earth overburden covering a plan area 200 feet wide by 1,100 feet long. AN/FO explosive in the BOSS driver generates a 3,200-psi shock wave in air. This shock wave is shaped by the BOSS blast duct system to produce, at the test station, a 1000-psi peak pressure and blast profile closely matching the air blast from a 1-megaton nuclear surface burst. Construction costs and scheduling estimates were obtained from reputable construction companies on the basis of preliminary engineering drawings. These data were combined with an estimate of the required technical and managerial effort. A budgetary estimate of a full-scale system test is presented as the conclusion of the study.
- Research Organization:
- Physics International Co., San Leandro, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6608384
- Report Number(s):
- AD-894820; PIFR-349
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Weaponry
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AERODYNAMICS
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
ANALOG SYSTEMS
BLAST EFFECTS
COMPUTER CODES
CONSTRUCTION
COST
DESIGN
DETONATION WAVES
DUCTS
EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSIVES
FLUID MECHANICS
FUEL OILS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HARDNESS
LIQUID FUELS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MECHANICS
MOTION
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
SHOCK WAVES
SIMULATION
SIMULATORS
TEST FACILITIES