PRESSURE RESPONSE WITHIN AN ENCLOSURE SUBJECT TO A BLAST WAVE

Abstract

A generalized mathematical model is presented of the rise of pressure with time within an enclosure as a function of enclosed volume, leakageopening area, static overpressure, and nuclear weapon yield. The results are shown graphically. Their applicability to the design of protected enclosures is illustrated by two examples of personnel shelters: a small home shelter, and a considerably larger arrangement housing up to a hundred people.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0256411

Entities

People

  • W. R. Elswick

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Energy
  • Explosions
  • Flow Rate
  • Heat Energy
  • Internal Pressure
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Overpressure
  • Sea Level
  • Shock Waves
  • Static Pressure
  • Surface Burst
  • United States

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.