DESIGN OF OPENINGS FOR BURIED SHELTERS

Abstract

For neutrons normally incident on a shelter doorway, the presence of an aluminum blast door of reasonable thickness will not greatly vary the hazard inside the shelter from that which would result if no door were present. When the neutrons are incident at such an angle that the direct beam would not penetrate appreciably into the shelter, the presence of an aluminum door would indeed create a greater radiation field within the shelter. However, the aluminum door would create no greater hazard than a steel door of comparable strength; on the contrary the former would probably create less hazard.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0427616

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  • Nathan M. Newmark

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Civil Defense
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Energy Bands
  • Engineers
  • Gamma Rays
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation Shielding
  • Weapons Effects
  • Yield Strength

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