EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF FALLOUT SHELTER VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS

Abstract

The results of two years' field testing of fallout shelters is reported herein. Simulated occupants (Simocs) and forced flow conditioned air were used to duplicate emergency environmental conditions. Nine tests have previously been documented in detailed Interim Reports. Based on field measurements of temperature, humidity and heat flux, and supplemented by an analytical computer program, an 'adiabatic' procedure is recommended to predict shelter environmental conditions. This adiabatic procedure neglects heat transmission through the shelter boundary surfaces and can predict shelter effective temperatures to within 2F. The procedure is conservative in that it will over-estimate the shelter temperature for all shelters tested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0630423

Entities

People

  • C. A. Madson
  • H. F. Behls

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Civil Defense
  • Computer Programs
  • Dew Point
  • Emergencies
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Experimental Data
  • Fallout Shelters
  • Heat Loss
  • Heat Sinks
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Heat Transmission
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Surface Properties

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.