Forest Blowdown from Nuclear Airblast

Abstract

A sensitivity analysis is performed on a computer model of tree response to airblast loading. This effort was undertaken, with success, to reduce the number of input parameters required by the model to those available to the field commander. Based on the results of this analysis, a new prediction technique was developed which determines the extent of tree blowdown and the resultant effects on troop and vehicle movement. The technique was developed for inclusion in DNA Effects Manual Number 1.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0763750

Entities

People

  • Phillip J. Morris

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Blast
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Detonations
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Height Of Burst
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Operations
  • Nomenclature
  • Overpressure
  • Probability
  • Reliability

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.