CASUALTY PREDICTION COMPARISONS

Abstract

The study utilized a previously developed computer model, the Shelter Evaluation Program (SEP) code, to investigate the effectiveness of various shelter configurations and occupant postures with regard to resisting the direct effects of a 10 MT surface burst over a range of incident pressure levels. The shelter configurations include wood frame single-story and two-story, load bearing brick wall three-story residential, seven-story brick load bearing wall (warehouse), six-story steel frame curtain wall commercial, and no shelter outside cases. Shelter occupants were considered in two postures; standing and prone. Results indicate that there is a significant reduction in casualties when shelter occupants are in a prone state.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0676183

Entities

People

  • D. I. Feinstein

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basements
  • Bearings
  • Casualties
  • Civil Defense
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Concrete
  • Contracts
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Overpressure
  • Radiation
  • Security
  • Surface Burst
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Thickness
  • Translations

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.