Public safety agencies in many large metropolitan cities need a mobile system which is capable of safely transporting 'terrorist-type' bombs from a discovery point to a disposal area. In view of the requirement of such a system by the Government of the District of Columbia, Metropolitan Police Department (DC-MPD), the Naval Research Laboratory has provided a solution to this problem by designing and fabricating a prototype explosives containment system. The system capability was successfully demonstrated by proof tests using dynamite. The critical elements of the system are an ultrahigh-strength, highly fracture-resistant steel pressure vessel held in a specially fabricated support base made of similar steel. Materials for the system were selected and evaluated on the basis of advanced metals characterization procedures to ensure fracture-safe performance in this unique application. A duplicate system has been donated to the DC-MPD. This system is considered to be the most reliable, highest-strength and lightest-weight mobile explosives containment system available to any metropolitan public safety organization. (Peters)


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    Title :

    Metallurgical and mechanical considerations in selection of a fracture-safe explosives containment vessel


    Additional title:

    Metallurgische und mechanische Ueberlegungen bei der Auswahl bruchsicherer Kessel fuer Explosivstoffe


    Contributors:
    Puzak, P.P. (author) / Loss, F.J. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    7 Seiten, 5 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 18 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English