ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT CIVIL DEFENSE RESEARCH PROJECT MARCH 1965-MARCH 1966

Abstract

Eight topics are described in this report and its classified supplement. These subject categories, in order of their appearance in the progress report, are an investigation of post-attack food production; a study of the special problems of ventilation using warm humid air; the possible effectiveness of biological agents against a sheltered population; the social and psychological constraints on expanded civil defense programs; the interaction of blast waves with tunnels and entranceways; the effects of mass fires on blast shelters; the feasibility of advanced protective systems with dual use in crowded urban areas, with a special emphasis on economic factors; and the comparative effectiveness of active and passive defense and the status of active defense system design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0802519

Entities

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animal Structures
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Defense
  • Combustion
  • Crime
  • Health Services
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transmission
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Social Psychology
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.