Unclassified 



SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF 



Block 20 continued. 



pounds (45 kN). Further testing is required to ascertain the system's reliability in other 

 seafloor materials, but the lOK anchor should provide the Navy with an easily handled, 

 medium-holding-capacity anchor. 



Library Card 



Civil Engineering Laboratory 



CEL lOK PROPELLANT-ACTUATED ANCHOR (Final), by 



J. F. Wads worth and R. J. Taylor 



TN-1441 16 p. illus. June 1976 Unclassified 



1. Propellant-Actuated Anchor 2. Land Tests 3. Sea Tests L 3.1330-1 



CEL has developed a new lightweight propellant-actuated embedment anchor with a 

 nominal long-term holding capacity of 10,000 pounds (45 kN). Through the use of stock 

 components, the anchor can be inexpensively fabricated and used. Land tests have demonstrated 

 the structural integrity of the design and verified the predicted ballistic performance. Sea tests 

 were conducted in a coral seafloor at Midway Island. The anchors that were successfully embedded 

 indicated holding capacities on the order of 30,000 pounds (45 kN). Further testing is required to 

 ascertain the system's reliability in other seafloor materials, but the lOK anchor should provide 

 the Navy with an easily handled, medium-holding-capacity anchor. 



Unclassified 



