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Experimental facility: Large scale Blast simulator
Overview
| HySafe partner: |
TNO |
| Name: |
Large scale Blast simulator |
| Type: |
long tube |
| Scale: |
large scale |
| Experiments: |
blast wave response in atmosphere |
Technical details
| Dimensions: |
Overall length 63 m; driver section 3-m long, 0.3 m diameter expanding to 1-m and 2-m diameter |
| Temperatures: |
Ambient |
| Pressure: |
Max. peak overpressure 200 kPa (side-on) at 1-m diameter sect., max. peak overpr. 60 kPa (side-on)/1 |
| Media: |
Air or Acetylene/Oxygen |
| Special Features: |
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Experiments - Equipment
| Experiments: |
(1)studying blast wave/structure interactions
(2)target load and structural response measurements
(3)testing of window panes of different type and dimensions to determine explosion resistance capabilities
(4)determination of the dynamic behaviour of brick walls
(5)blast hardness trails on blast-resistant walls and doors
(6)blast hardness trails on scale models and small full scale models (gas masks)
(7)studying the effectiveness of blast walls in reducing impulse noise from large caliber weapons
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