MWB/LB-113 : Vulnerability/Survivability: Weapons Effects on Structures & Vehicles

* Characterization Of Blast Effects: From High Explosives; Nuclear Weapons; Gas Explosions; Fuel/Air Explosives
* Response Of Structures To Blast Loading
* Design Considerations: To Reduce Blast, Vulnerability & Increase Survivability
* Steel & Concrete Designs: To Withstand Blast
* Use Of Design Codes: Tm5-855, Tm5-1300
* Penetration: Of Steel, Bunkers, Concrete & Soil
* Response Of Materials & Structures To Ballistic Loading
* Stress Wave Effects: On Materials, Structures & Vehicles
* Groundshock & Buried Structures: Effects From Explosive Weapons
* Examining The Effect On Structures: Arising From Accidental Explosions, Terrorist Attacks & Acts Of War
* Overview: Subject Area Of Structure Design And Response
* Methods Of Quantifying Loading From Explosives: In Air & Underground
* Methods Of Assessing Damage Or Response From Explosions In Air Or Underground: To Structures (Primarily); To Vehicles
* Survivability Techniques: Protective Designs; Methods Of Reducing Damage & Vulnerability
* Analytical Tank/Vehicle Model
* Shape Charge Effects On Tanks/Vehicles

OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE
* This course will cover the effect of explosives in various forms and media primarily on structures, and also on vehicles.
* Reduction of the Vulnerability of structures and vehicles to explosives, by improved designs, is a primary objective of this course.
* Knowledge of the blast effect of explosives and response of materials to severe shock loading is another objective of this course.
* The explosive delivery systems, the weapons, and media are varied; Their effects will be quantified, in order to increase Survivability and reduce Vulnerability.

MATERIAL COVERED
* The Vulnerability of structures (primarily) and vehicles (including combat vehicles), to various weapons damage will be covered.
* Methods of reducing damage and increasing Survivability will be discussed; Structural design will be discussed.
* The munitions looked at will be grenades, mortars, shaped charge and explosive projectiles, as well as bombs.
* Methods of surviving attacks by explosives and ways to reduce the Vulnerability of structures and vehicles will be covered.
* Behind Armor or Structural Damage, Vulnerability and Survivability as well as methods of designing better suppressive structures and protective structures will be discussed.
* This course will cover the history, definition and sensitivities, of various explosives as well as their vulnerability and their effects on structures.
* Shock and Blast effects of explosives and weapons will be covered; Response to loading and stress will be discussed.