ISO-Compatible Palletized Flatrack (IPF) Transportability Testing

摘要

The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School (USADACS), ValidationEngineering Division (SIOAC-DEV), was tasked by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to test the ISO-Compatible Palletized Flatrack (IPF) on the Palletized Loading System (PLS5) with ammunition loads for compliance with Transportability Testing Procedures, TP-94-Oi, July 1994. Testing included the IPF loaded onto the following: Container-on-flatcar (COFC), Trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC), PLS truck cabled on a standard flatcar, PLS trailer cabled on a standard flatcar, PLS truck and PLS trailer over road hazard course, including road trip, washboard, and Shipboard Transportation Simulator (STS) with four different