Local Detection of Chemical Agents. Effectiveness of Detectors for 'Off-Target' Chemical Attacks with Non-Persistent Agents

Abstract

The use of a local detector/alarm system of defined characteristics, in the context of an 'off-target' chemical attack, by a chemical agent cloud originating from an instantaneous point source, is considered. A simple cloud diffusion model is used to calculate the dosages accumulated by personnel. The significance of these doses with respect to casualty production is considered for a typical nerve agent. The characteristics required by an automatic local detector are specified, and it is recommended that assessments should be made of probable casualty levels to troops relying on such detectors, who are subjected to off-target attacks with nerve agents, paying particular attention to certain means of agent delivery.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0595647

Entities

People

  • P. B. Neale
  • T. F. Tees

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Army
  • Boundaries
  • Chemical Detectors
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Computer Programs
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diffusion
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • National Security
  • Nerve Agents
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Time Intervals
  • Vehicles
  • Warning Systems
  • Wind

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Immunology and Pathology
  • Systems Analysis and Design