- Author
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Watt, J. M., Jr.
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Vitaya-Udom, K. P.
- Title
- Design of Structures to Structures to Resist Terrorist Attack. Report 2. Full-Scale Perimeter Wall and Window Test.
- Coporate
- U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MI
- Sponsor
- U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
- Report
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Technical Report SL-87-13; Report 2; Project 1038-603318,
October 1987,
148 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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structures
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structural design
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walls
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windows
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aerial explosions
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blasts
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large scale fire tests
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reinforced concretes
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debris
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glass
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terrorists
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terrorism
- Identifiers
- airblast loads; blast hardened window; dynamic test; high-explosive test; perimeter walls; truck bomb
- Abstract
- The Full-Scale Perimeter Wall and Window Test is the second in a series of three reports. Tests were sponsored by the U.S. Department of State in support of the Design of Structures to Resist Terrorist Attack Program. The objectives of this test series were (1) to determine the response of a full-scale reinforced-concrete perimeter wall and a steel picket fence to a simulated high-explosive event and to identify the airblast, fragment, and debris distribution behind the walls, (2) to verify the performance of a full-scale embassy window, and (3) determine the response of tempered-glass panels. A full-scale test was conducted at Fort Polk, LA, on 11 September 1986. All test articles were exposed to the airblast from a simulated truck bomb of 2,920 pounds of Composition 4 explosive (4,000-pound TNT equivalent). The charge was positioned with its center of gravity 3 feet above the ground, 10 feet from each test wall, and 105 feet from the hardened embassy window. The panels of tempered glass were side-on to the airblast pressure at different ranges. The test was instrumented with active gages of airblast pressure, acceleration, and deflection. Thirty-two channels of electronic data and seven high-speed cameras recorded the loading and response of the various test articles.