Development of the NOL Thermal Blast Simulator,
Abstract
A heating method to simulate nuclear weapon thermal radiation effects was developed and combined with an existing airblast simulator the NOL 180-foot Conical Shock Tube. Rapid heating is effected by exposing the target to hot product gases from a burning sheet of solid rocket propellant. The heat transfer process was found to be predominately convective. Fully clamped aluminum plates 9 inches square x 3/32 inch thick were exposed to propellant heating alone, airblast alone, and to propellant heating followed quickly by airblast. Results of these tests have successfully demosntrated the feasibility of simulating thermal readiation-airblast interaction effects on single targets of reasonable scale. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 19, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0752023
Entities
People
- Barry S. Katz
- Joseph G. Connor Jr.
Organizations
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory