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Title: Dynamic test of a corrugated steel Keyworker blast shelter
Authors: Keyworker Blast Shelter Program
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Woodson, Stanley C.
Slawson, Thomas R.
Holmes, Randy L.
Keywords: Blast shelter
Dynamic testing
Buried shelter
Keyworker Blast Shelter
Corrugated steel
Buried structures
Underground structures
Blast effects
Explosion effects
Publisher: Structures Laboratory (U.S.)
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.: Technical report (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; SL-86-6.
Description: Technical Report
Abstract: At the time this study was initiated, civil defense planning in the United States called for the evacuation of nonessential personnel to safe host areas when a nuclear attack is probable, requiring the construction of blast shelters to protect the key workers remaining in the risk areas. A full-scale corrugated steel Keyworker blast shelter was dynamically tested using the High Explosive Simulation Technique (HEST). The test primarily investigated the structural design of the shelter and entryway, survivability of the air-moving system components, and occupant survivability. Alternate blast designs for the 18-man shelter were also tested. The test showed that the structure can withstand a 55-psi peak overpressure loading from a 1-MT nuclear detonation with only minor damage. In-structure shock was within acceptable limits for occupants. However, typical floor-mounted shelter equipment should be shock-isolated with pads to ensure survivability. Structural modifications to decrease the cost and increase the ease of installation of the structure are recommended.
Rights: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/11124
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