SZ/OEMU/29/2 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls. File Two]
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SZ/OEMU/29/2
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File
Title
[OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls. File Two]
Date/s
1942-1944
Quantity & Format
78 items Mixed
Scope and content
Contains R.C. papers 326 to 414 dealing with scale and full size tests of the components, especially the concrete parts, of shelters. Material was tested in various situations and with explosions of various sizes.
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
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SZ/OEMU/29 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls]
- SZ/OEMU/29/2 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls. File Two]
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SZ/OEMU/29 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls]
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
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- SZ/OEMU/29/2/1 - Tests on model houses - Richmond Park. Interim report, 21/9/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/2-3 - Penetration tests on model 5-ft shelter roof with model general-purpose and semi-armour-piercing bombs, March 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/4-5 - Bomb proof shelter design. Model experiments on the resistance, to explosions, of roofs and walls recommended in ARP Handbook No. 5A, February 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/6-7 - Protective measures to be taken into account in the design of new dwellings, 12/6/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/8-9 - Protective measures to be taken into account in the design of new buildings, 3/8/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/10-11 - Protective measures in new dwellings: An approach to the policy of expenditure, 3/8/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/12-13 - Report on tests of a method of strengthening buildings with load-bearing walls, Richmond Park, April 15th and 24th 1942, 19/6/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/14-15 - Note on "Tests and Designs of Bombproof Structures" (U.S. Navy Department bulletin), 25/6/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/16-17 - The design of bombproof structures, 22/8/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/18 - Correspondence with U.S.A. regarding the tests reported in Passive Defence Bulletin No.1, 29/7/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/19 - Interim reports to the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, 1941-3 and 1941-1942, No.18, 17/8/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/20-21 - Further tests on the impact resistance of some reinforced concrete beams, August 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/22-23 - Report on tests of the effect of earth shock on houses, Richmond Park, 29th July and 28th August 1942, October 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/24-25 - Report of tests on four "factory type" brick surface shelters, Richmond Park, March 5th 1942 (Group 6), October 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/26-27 - Report of tests on three surface shelters, Richmond Park, April 24th 1942 (Group 8), October 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/28-29 - Report of tests on two surface shelters, Richmond Park, August 5th 1942 (Group 9), October 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/30-31 - Model (1/8th scale) and full-scale tests of resistance of reinforced concrete to attacks by bombs nearby and in contact, September 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/32-33 - Measurements of the blast pressure on the walls of five rectangular chambers in which small charges of polar ammon gelignite were exploded, Richmond Park, 19th and 20th June 1942 and 14th August 1942, September 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/34-35 - Investigation of uplift effect of explosion within a building. Report on the design of the test buildings, 3/11/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/36-37 - Comments on "Investigation on uplift effect of explosion within a building. Report on the design of the test buildings", 25/11/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/38-39 - Professor Burchard's comments on R.C. 361A. Letter of January 18, 1943 to Dr. Stradling, 9/3/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/40-41 - Pilot tests at Princeton on the first uplift building model, 2/11/42
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/42 - Proposed tests on underground walls. Contact explosions with buried bombs, March 1943
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/43-44 - Model tests on the behaviour of various forms of factory roof coverings under the action of explosions within the factory, June 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/45-46 - Further tests on the impact resistance of some reinforced concrete beams, November 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/47-48 - Static and impact tests on concrete slabs with high tensile steel and ordinary mild steel reinforcement, December 1942
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/49-50 - Resistance to static loading and impact of some reinforced concrete slabs containing hy-rib steel, February 1943
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/51-52 - Report on survey of two factories manufacturing aircraft carburettors to determine the value of various protective measures. Supplement on the fire aspects of the survey, 16/3/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/53 - The design of `bombproof' structures, 18/1/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/54 - The design of concrete slabs reinforced with mild steel to absorb a given amount of energy up to failure, 22/1/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/55 - Reinforced concrete for maximum energy absorption under impact. The use of various forms of steel as reinforcement, 5/11/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/56-57 - The design of `bombproof' structures. Notes reference R.C. 292 and Bulletin A.6, 27/10/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/58-59 - Further tests on the energy required to cause failure of reinforced concrete members, March 1943
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/60-61 - Further tests on the impact resistance of reinforced concrete units, March 1943
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/62-63 - Comments by Professor N.M. Newark on R.C. 369, R.C. 370, and R.C. 372, 23/7/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/64-66 - Report on bombing trials on a 6ft. thick reinforced concrete target at Ashley Walk, carried out on 12th, 13th, 16th and 17th May 1943, 17/8/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/67-68 - The influence of the concrete on the total energy absorbed by reinforced concrete members, August 1943
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/69-70 - Damage to reinforced concrete framed structures, 3/9/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/71-72 - Resistance to static loading and impact of some reinforced concrete slabs containing `square grip' steel, August 1943
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/73-74 - Construction of a reinforced concrete shelter at Ashley Walk. The control of concrete quality, 25/10/43
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/75-76 - Report on trials in Richmond Park with buried 50 kg. S.C., 250 lb. A.S., and 250 kg. S.C. bombs exploded in contact with underground reinforced concrete walls, November 24th 1943, March 2nd 1944, 26/4/44
- SZ/OEMU/29/2/77-78 - Vulnerability of floors of surface and semi-sunk shelters and field-defence structures, 27/4/44