Reinforced Soil Ammunition Magazine Full Scale Tests

摘要

The paper includes the description of full scale tests conducted in Israel on an innovative reinforced soil ammunition magazine, developed by Terre Armee Ltd, Israel. The tests were performed jointly by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency (AFCESA) in May 1990. The reinforced soil ammunition magazine was subjected to a full-scale explosion of an adjacent magazine and withstood it's effects without any damage. Several conventional weapons explosions around the structure were also performed, to check it's structural response and failure modes. Following the explosive full scale tests, detailed construction drawings of the magazine were compiled by Eytan Building Design Ltd. and the system was approved by the Israeli Air Force as an alternative solution to the standard reinforced concrete magazine.