《Chapter K Luggage Container Subject to Internal Explosion》.pdfVIP

K Luggage Container Subject to Internal Explosion K.1 Introduction The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States has deter- mined experimentally the explosive loading on a luggage container resulting from a bomb detonated in the luggage. Tests were based on a luggage con- tainer 50% and 75% full of luggage. The effects of venting were considered. The pressure generated within a luggage container was determined as if the environment was similar to an isotropic, porous and absorptive media which attenuates the initial shock wave produced by the blast and reduces the quasi- static pressure. The worst case would be when the explosive detonated inside an empty container. However it was found the blast attenuation would occur when the container with full luggage has an explosive device located at the centre of the container. The overpressure time relations were obtained to be used for the analysis of such containers. In addition Galaxy Scientific Cor- poration carried out research on the structural response and blast loading models of the luggage container. The container withstood the detonation of a bomb larger than which caused the loss of PAN AMERICAN Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland 1988. The test was to increase the explosive resistance of the luggage container, which are normally located within the cargo bays of wide-body transport category of aircraft. Aluminium alloy sheets 2024- TS laminated with layers of fibreglass epoxy prepreg. Shock Pressure–time and quasi-static pressure–time relations were obtained for the analytical and design solutions of such a case study. In this text data from these tests have been used to analyse a container and finally presented with solutions. K.2 Data On Luggage Container Dimensions: 1.54 × 1.44 × 1.475 m (L × W × H) Skin = 50 mm supported by 2 No. Stiffeners W2