FIREBALL PHENOMENOLOGY

Abstract

The paper deals with some of the properties of nuclear explosions which influence the predictions and scalings for fireball phenomena, notably fireball sizes, temperatures, densities, and ultimately the thermal radiation output. Attention is focused on the initial features of fireball formation for which is examined the scaling with both yield and altitude of burst. For the present, these scalings are derived from a few theoretical calculations which describe fireball features for several yields and altitudes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0612197

Entities

People

  • Harold L. Brode

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Explosions
  • High Altitude
  • High Temperature
  • Low Density
  • Materials
  • Mean Free Path
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Optical Properties
  • Radiation
  • Sea Level
  • Shock Waves
  • Square Roots
  • Surface Burst
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Radiation
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.