Evaluation of Buried Conduits as Personnel Shelters
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Supersedes ITR-1421. Twelve large-diameter buried conduit sections of various shapes were tested in the 60- to l49-psi overpressure region of Burst Priscilla to make an empirical determination of the degree of personnel protection afforded by commercially available steel and concrete conduits at depths of burial of 5, 7.5, and 10 feet below grade. Essentially, it was desired to assure that Repartment of Defense Class I, 100psi and comparable radiations, and Class II, 50-psi and comparable radia…
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Date:
July 14, 1960
Creator:
Albright, G. H.; LeDoux, J. C. & Mitchell, R. A.
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