A containment vessel for stowing a high energy density device therein includes a housing, a plurality of discs, and a separable collar. The housing includes a base, a sidewall enclosure extending upwardly from the base, the sidewall enclosure defining a housing cavity and an opening at a top end thereof, and a flange extending circumferentially outwardly from the sidewall enclosure. The separable collar has first, second, and third grooves on an inner circumference of the separable collar. The first groove is configured to receive the flange of the housing. The second and third grooves are configured to receive first and second of the plurality of discs.

A containment vessel for stowing a high energy density device therein includes a housing, a plurality of discs, and a separable collar. The housing includes a base, a sidewall enclosure extending upwardly from the base, the sidewall enclosure defining a housing cavity and an opening at a top end thereof, and a flange extending circumferentially outwardly from the sidewall enclosure. The separable collar has first, second, and third grooves on an inner circumference of the separable collar. The first groove is configured to receive the flange of the housing. The second and third grooves are configured to receive first and second of the plurality of discs.

An ammunition storage compartment includes a plurality of connected walls defining an interior region to store ammunition, wherein at least one of the walls includes an outer armor plate having an outer surface and an inner surface. A layer of energy absorbing material is located proximate the inner surface of the armor plate in the interior region. A spall mitigating panel is located inward of the layer of energy absorbing material in the interior region. At least one air gap is in between the layer of energy absorbing material and the spall mitigating panel.

An ammunition storage compartment includes a plurality of connected walls defining an interior region to store ammunition, wherein at least one of the walls includes an outer armor plate having an outer surface and an inner surface. A layer of energy absorbing material is located proximate the inner surface of the armor plate in the interior region. A spall mitigating panel is located inward of the layer of energy absorbing material in the interior region. At least one air gap is in between the layer of energy absorbing material and the spall mitigating panel.

An apparatus for storing and/or shipping explosive components, such as shaped charges, is generally described. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a shielding assembly. The shielding assembly may include a shielding panel having a body made of metal foam and an aperture formed within the body. In an embodiment, the body is sandwiched between an upper and a lower layer. The shielding panel is configured to receive a shaped charge. Thus, the apparatus is capable of at least preventing and/or limiting ballistic transfer in the event of detonation of a shaped charge.

An apparatus for storing and/or shipping explosive components, such as shaped charges, is generally described. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a shielding assembly. The shielding assembly may include a shielding panel having a body made of metal foam and an aperture formed within the body. In an embodiment, the body is sandwiched between an upper and a lower layer. The shielding panel is configured to receive a shaped charge. Thus, the apparatus is capable of at least preventing and/or limiting ballistic transfer in the event of detonation of a shaped charge.

Devices and methods for blast/fire containment are disclosed herein. Devices include containers designed to contain and/or mitigate high energy events such as blasts from explosions or thermal runaways. The containers include a body that is built to define an interior chamber shaped to receive an explosive device or a device susceptible to thermal runaway. The container comprises a plurality of substructures that are arranged in a layered sequence to provide the desired effect. The substructures act in concert to decouple the shock load to the main containment structure using shock decoupling with energy dissipation and attenuation technology, having a highly deformable polymer structure, and managed venting. In thermally dominated events, such as a runaway LI battery fire, a crushable medium present in one or more layers of the container presents a significant thermal barrier and contains the fire.

A thermoplastic container for explosive material comprising: a primary part defining a rigid compartment for holding explosive material, where the primary part comprises: a side wall having an inner periphery defining the side boundaries of the compartment and an outer periphery, a base arranged at a lower end of the side wall defining the lower boundary of the compartment, where an upper end of the side wall is arranged to provide access to the compartment allowing explosive material to be loaded into the compartment; a secondary part comprising: at least one reinforcement element defining an outer periphery of the container, wherein the reinforcement element is coupled to the primary part and is adapted to provide horizontal and/or vertical load support to the primary part and where the reinforcement element comprises at least one collapsible impact zone adapted to absorb an external impact to the secondary part and to transmit the excess forces of the impact into from the reinforcement element to the primary part.

A thermoplastic container for explosive material comprising: a primary part defining a rigid compartment for holding explosive material, where the primary part comprises: a side wall having an inner periphery defining the side boundaries of the compartment and an outer periphery, a base arranged at a lower end of the side wall defining the lower boundary of the compartment, where an upper end of the side wall is arranged to provide access to the compartment allowing explosive material to be loaded into the compartment; a secondary part comprising: at least one reinforcement element defining an outer periphery of the container, wherein the reinforcement element is coupled to the primary part and is adapted to provide horizontal and/or vertical load support to the primary part and where the reinforcement element comprises at least one collapsible impact zone adapted to absorb an external impact to the secondary part and to transmit the excess forces of the impact into from the reinforcement element to the primary part.

A packaging for hollow charges for use in blasting applications in boreholes retains fragments in the event of unintentional ignition of the hollow charges. The packaging withstands and dissipates the pressure generated. It is proposed that the hollow charges are embedded in a solid material which captures the fragments, the solid material has pressure relief openings through which the pressure generated during a detonation of the hollow charges can escape, the solid material is covered with shock-absorbing material on the top side and on the base side of the packaging, the hollow charges are packed in pairs such that there are always two hollow charges situated with their openings facing each other, the axes of symmetry of the hollow charges are arranged in a plane perpendicular to the top side and base side, and the solid material is inserted with the hollow charges and the shock-absorbing material into a cage.