OPEN SHELTER FEASIBILITY STUDY.

Abstract

The prompt effects - nuclear and thermal radiation, fire and smoke, and blast phenomena - of nuclear weapon detonations on unsealed basement shelters in the pressure region up to 15 psi side-on overpressure are analyzed. The nature of the exterior and interior forces on structures are examined. Methods for calculating and for minimizing the effects of the pressure spikes, static pressures and jets through apertures are derived and illustrated. Possible hazards to shelterees are examined. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0688659

Entities

People

  • Carl A. Vansant
  • Donald F. Mokrauer
  • H. M. Childers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basements
  • Detonations
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Overpressure
  • Radiation
  • Static Pressure
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.