SciPan 4: Program Description and Test Results

As part of the U.S. Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) Project ESKIMORE, the U.S. has conducted the fourth test in its SciPan test series, which consists of full-scale donor/acceptor trials examining debris generation and acceptor response. The SciPan 1 and 2 tests and results wer...

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Main Authors: Conway, Robert T., Tatom, John W., Swisdak, Jr, Michael M.
Other Authors: NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND PORT HUENEME CA ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Numerical Mathematics
Safety Engineering
Ammunition and Explosives
*TEST AND EVALUATION
*NUCLEAR WEAPON DEBRIS
FRAGMENTATION
EXPLOSIVES
AMMUNITION FRAGMENTS
SAFETY
ELECTRON ACCEPTORS
BLAST
REINFORCED CONCRETE
SYMPOSIA
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
BRIEFING CHARTS
PROJECT ESKIMORE
QD(QUANTITY DISTANCE)
ESQD(EXPLOSIVES SAFETY QUANTITY DISTANCE)
eskimo*
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA532254
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA532254
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Summary:As part of the U.S. Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) Project ESKIMORE, the U.S. has conducted the fourth test in its SciPan test series, which consists of full-scale donor/acceptor trials examining debris generation and acceptor response. The SciPan 1 and 2 tests and results were reported at the 2004 DDESB Seminar. SciPan 3 was reported on at the 2006 DDESB Seminar. The overall SciPan program is described, with emphasis on the debris generation results from SciPan 4. This event, which was conducted in August 2008 at Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA, was a 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) detonation of non-fragmenting munitions inside a typical reinforced concrete operating building. Results from this test including airblast effects, debris densities patterns, and fragmentation characteristics are presented. Comparisons of debris density as a function of azimuth and distance are made with analytical debris prediction models, as well as with traditional Quantity-Distance criteria. See also ADM002313. Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board Seminar (34th) held in Portland, Oregon on 13-15 July 2010. Document contains briefing charts. The original document contains color images.

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