PREDICTION OF FIRE DAMAGE TO INSTALLATIONS AND BUILT-UP AREAS FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES: APPENDICES A-G

Abstract

Experiments were performed to provide necessary data for the prediction of fire damage to urban areas exposed to a nuclear burst. The investigations dealt with: flame heights and burning rates of well-ventilated fires, fire spread within structures - model room experiments, fire spread from interior kindling fuels, fire spread from exterior kindling fuels, full-scale building fires and coalescence of convective columns from free burning fires. Detailed description of the employed instrumentation is given. The derived correlations as well as the actual data are included in the report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0661851

Entities

People

  • F. J. Vodvarka
  • F. Salzberg
  • J. E. Tamney
  • T. E. Waterman
  • W. G. Labes

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Analysis
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Fires
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Energy
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Structural Dynamics.