The Use of Water Cooling for Protection Against Thermal Radiation from a Nuclear Weapon Detonation

Abstract

This effort is part of a continuing study to find methods of protecting shipboard elements from the combined thermal radiation and airblast effects of a nuclear weapon explosion. This report presents the data from heat transfer experiments to measure the heat transfer rates of a water flow or spray on a heated plate. These data were used to predict the effectiveness of water cooling the exposed aluminum plating on ships which are subjected to a nuclear weapon detonation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 23, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787640

Entities

People

  • Barry S. Katz
  • David Demske
  • Donald M. Wilson

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Computer Programs
  • Critical Temperature
  • Energy
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Motion Picture Cameras
  • Recording Systems
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Water Flow
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.