A handbook for estimating material requirements and costs of shelter doors subjected to long-duration blast loading.
ResearchPublished 1958
Data used to estimate both the quantities of materials and the costs for various sizes of shelter doors made of reinforced concrete, solid-steel slab, and wide-flange steel beams. Results are presented for overpressures up to 400 psi. Resistance to nuclear and thermal radiation is not considered. It is shown that wide-flange structural shapes are the lightest, reinforced concrete slabs are the most economical, and solid-steel slabs are the most expensive. For small spans, steel slabs are suitable, since they require little fabrication.
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- Year: 1958
- Pages: 45
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