THERMAL RADIATION EFFECTS ON PAINTS, PLASTICS AND COATED FABRICS

Abstract

The object of this project was to determine the effect of thermal flux and other atomic blast phenomena on the service life and use characteristics of selected paint systems, plastics and coated fabrics currently used or proposed for use by the Corps of Engineers. Little or no work has been done previously on evaluating the effect of atom weapon phenomena on these properties. Selected materials were exposed to a laboratory source of thermal flux using Navy searchlight method, with the object of establishing a correlation between laboratory and field test results. Representative paint systems, plastics and coated fabrics were exposed to BAKER and DOG shots at thermal energies ranging from 1.6 cal./sq cm to 85 cal./sq cm. The samples were given a visual inspection in the field and returned to ERDL for laboratory comparison with samples retained at ERDL, to determine the effect of the exposures on the physical properties of the materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1952
Accession Number
AD0801306

Entities

People

  • Harvey Miller

Organizations

  • United States Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Field Tests
  • High Humidity
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Physical Properties
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Plastics
  • Polymeric Films
  • Reinforced Plastics
  • Resins
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Wear Resistance

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.