CALCULATION OF RETINAL BURN AND FLASHBLINDNESS SAFE SEPARATION DISTANCES

Abstract

Time and wavelength dependent mathematical models for retinal burns and for flashblindness from nuclear detonations are developed in this report. These models are incorporated into a computer program with the latest weapon and burn threshold data to calculate safe separation distances as a function of time for given sets of initial conditions. The results, which present safe separation envelopes with time as a parameter, are included in the appendices. Yield, altitude of detonation, visibility and day or night conditions are also parameters. Retinal burn predictions with this model compare favorably with the experimental results obtained during Operation Dominic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0668549

Entities

People

  • David E. Jungbauer
  • Donald J. Isgitt
  • James H. Tips Jr.
  • Patrick W. Wilson Jr.
  • Ralph C. Allen Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Scattering
  • Biological Sciences
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detonations
  • Diameters
  • Explosions
  • Flashblindness
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Operations
  • Observers
  • Safety Factor
  • Sea Level
  • Visibility
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.