Effect of Underground-Type Ammunition Magazine Construction in Respect of Civil and Military Coexistence

Sangwoo Park and Young-Jun Park
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Sangwoo Park: Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Korea Military Academy, Seoul 01805, Korea
Young-Jun Park: Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Korea Military Academy, Seoul 01805, Korea

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 21, 1-21

Abstract: Recently, rapid urban development and changes in the national defense environment have required civil–military coexistence plans. In particular, this is an urgent issue for ammunition magazines, which have the widest range of military protection zones among military facilities because of the safety distance standard and their location at transportation hubs. In this study, fundamental research was conducted on underground-type ammunition magazines for the sake of the sustainable civil and military developments. First, the effects of reducing the safety distance for underground-type ammunition magazines, compared to that for ground-type ammunition magazines, were evaluated. Economic and environmental effects expected by substituting underground-type ammunition magazines for ground-type ammunition magazines were analyzed based on the results. Then, design methods of the underground-type ammunition magazine that effectively reduce the safety distance were suggested by performing numerical simulations. The installation of chambers at different depths and the application of technologies to reduce explosion pressure inside the chambers were discussed. Finally, an endowment and concession project method was analyzed based on the previous researches as the most efficient way of implementing the project of an underground-type ammunition magazine. It was concluded that research to specify design methods for underground-type ammunition magazines was urgently required to vitalize future underground-type ammunition magazine projects.

Keywords: civil and military coexistence; underground-type ammunition magazine; safety distance; numerical analysis on ground vibration; endowment and concession project; military facility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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