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Height-of-Burst Site
Communications
Radio communications to DRDC Suffield Ops Control. Radio telephone interface available through DRDC Suffield radio net.
Utilities
Portable electrical power (generators) can be made available to the site (120/240/600 V 3-phase). No running water, sewer or natural gas (relocatable facilities located nearby).
Safety Issues
Uses detonators and high explosive materials; usual safety precautions related to their use. Trial plans and firing circuits must be submitted to DRDC Suffield safety officers two months in advance. A DRDC Suffield Field Trials Officer must be in charge of any trial where ammunition/explosives are used.
Personnel Qualifications
Mechanical and electronics/instrumentation technologist or engineer with knowledge and experience in air-blast physics.
Buildings
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to conduct full-scale investigations of air-blast effects and shock-wave
phenomenology, the Height of Burst site consists of two towers
60 m high and 120 m apart from which can be suspended up to 450 kg
of explosives. Camera shelters mounted as high as 13 m allow
for "aerial" high-speed photographs to be taken. The
adjacent multi-burst site is used to study precursor and other ground
effects. Status Dormant; the site has been largely inactive since 1987. Substantial upgrading and maintenance would be required to bring it up to operational status. Instrumentation is non-existent. Availability Currently not used. External access possible. Associated Costs Incremental or full cost recovery, as applicable, for DRDC Suffield safety and support personnel. Communications Radio communications to DRDC Suffield Ops Control. Radio telephone interface available through DRDC Suffield radio net. |
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Communications
Radio communications to DRDC Suffield Ops Control. Radio telephone interface available through DRDC Suffield radio net.
Utilities
Portable electrical power (generators) can be made available to the site (120/240/600 V 3-phase). No running water, sewer or natural gas (relocatable facilities located nearby).
Safety Issues
Uses detonators and high explosive materials; usual safety precautions related to their use. Trial plans and firing circuits must be submitted to DRDC Suffield safety officers two months in advance. A DRDC Suffield Field Trials Officer must be in charge of any trial where ammunition/explosives are used.
Personnel Qualifications
Mechanical and electronics/instrumentation technologist or engineer with knowledge and experience in air-blast physics.
Buildings
- BUILDING 142 - Ground-level air-blast loading frame for dynamic loading of structural components such as full scale naval reinforced plates.
- BUILDING 197 - Timing and firing to both sites.
- Blast-proof concrete pad and flow distribution system on multi-burst site
- Two 60 m tall towers at the Height of Burst site for suspension of up to 450 kg of high explosive.
- Two 18 m tall towers at the Height of Burst site for suspension of up to 450 kg of high explosive
