CORDSTRAP(tm) W/MK-82 Bombs, TP-94-01, 'Transportability Testing Procedures'
CORDSTRAP(tm) W/MK-82 Bombs, TP-94-01, 'Transportability Testing Procedures'
- Neue Suche nach: P. W. Barickman
- Neue Suche nach: P. W. Barickman
The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center (DAC), Validation Engineering Division, (SOSAC-DEV), was tasked by the USAF Air Expeditionary Battlelab to conduct transportability testing and to validate Cordstrap(Trademark) material as an alternative to using wood for blocking and bracing the MK-82 500 pound bombs in an end-opening 20 foot-long intermodal container. Based on our review and testing, the Cordstrap(Trademark) material was not effective as an alternative to wood for restraint of the Mk-82 bombs in an end-opening intermodal container. During testing, the Cordstrap(Trademark) either stretched excessively or broke which allowed the payload to move. Also, the airbags that were used during initial testing lost pressure due to temperature changes and would not hold the load tightly. The Cordstrap(Trademark) system is dependent on the intermodal container having lashing rings located along the floor and roof. Not all intermodal containers have lashing rings; and, therefore, the system could not be used in containers without rings. Additionally, the Cordstrap(Trademark) material was not effective as an alternative to wood since considerable wood dunnage was still required to block and brace the payload. Cordstrap(Trademark) material could not be used as a forward bulkhead and required excessive time and labor to install.
Dokumentinformationen
CORDSTRAP(tm) W/MK-82 Bombs, TP-94-01, 'Transportability Testing Procedures'
2002
46 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Manufacturing Technology , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Bombs , Test methods , Transportable , Containers , Bomb carriers , Test and evaluation , Defense systems , Restraint , Bulkheads , Wood , Bomb cases , Cordstrap(Tm) , W/mark-82 bombs , Tp-94-01 , Dac(Defense ammunition center) , 500-lb bomb , Lashing rings , Intermodal containers , Mark-82 bombs