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Windspeed test; when structural stability and efficiency meet

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center

June 4, 2021 | 2:07

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is partnering with the Auburn University Engineering Department to conduct extensive real-world research aimed at ensuring Airmen safety in temporary structures around the world. Safety is #1 in any operational environment. Period. But if much-needed temporary structures were only built “big and stout,” they would not be economical, portable and quickly assembled. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center experts are working to find the sweet-spot where structural stability, cost-efficiency and portability meet. Reporting for AFIMSC is Brian Goddin