SZ/OEMU/29/1/23-24 - Tests on surface shelters (Part 1), October 1941

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/29/1/23-24

Level of description

Item

Title

Tests on surface shelters (Part 1), October 1941

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

R.C. 277

ARP/291/LGS

Describes tests on a scale-model reinforced concrete shelter. The conditions simulated a direct hit by a 250 kg. bomb and a near miss by a similar bomb. The tests proved that a bomb exploding in one compartment would demolish at least half of the shelter and a near miss would demolish the external walls and seriously damage two compartments.

Two copies.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/29 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls]
    - SZ/OEMU/29/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls. File One]
      - SZ/OEMU/29/1/23-24 - Tests on surface shelters (Part 1), October 1941

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