FORMATION OF DEBRIS FROM BUILDINGS AND THEIR CONTENTS BY BLAST AND FIRE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Abstract
The prime objective of this phase of work is to augment the debris prediction model with additional information (debris charts, failure overpressures, contents-debris criteria, estimating procedures and data, etc.) to facilitate its application and increase its range of applicability. To this end, new debris charts are presented which cover a more complete and detailed range of building types, along with a tabulation of failure overpressures for miscellaneous small structures (towers, poles, stacks, etc.). Criteria are developed for determination of debris from the contents of buildings, and furnished with these (for ease of use) are data relating the amount of material contained in buildings to building occupancy. A description of the debris prediction model and its operation and a detailed worked example are presented illustrating the use of the model to determine debris contours over an entire city (Detroit) and debris profiles along a route through the city. In this example, debris depths before and after fire and the percentage contribution by building contents and structural components in each case are given.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0635187
Entities
People
- J. Edmunds
- J. Rotz
- K. Kaplan