Atmospheric Diffusion of Beryllium (Project ADOBE)

Abstract

A field study of exhaust cloud diffusion from solid rocket motors was conducted at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory. The objective of the program was to correlate the diffusion of rocket motor exhaust clouds with measurable meteorological variables under both stable and unstable atmospheric conditions. Fifty-seven sets of field data were collected from 250 to 350 air samplers per test using solid rocket motors ranging from 100 to 4000 pounds of propellant containing beryllium. The work is presented in three volumes. Volume I describes the diffusion experiment, the chemical analysis program, the bioenvironmental safety program, and discusses the data analysis and the resulting diffusion equations from hot instantaneous sources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0726999

Entities

People

  • Gordon L. Tucker
  • Hugh E. Malone
  • Robert W. Smith

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Beryllium Compounds
  • California
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Data Analysis
  • Health Services
  • Hydroxides
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Protective Equipment
  • Regression Analysis

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Rocket Propulsion.