Personnel Casualty Study

Abstract

This investigation has resulted in the development of a computer code (SEP - Shelter Evaluation Program) which predicts casualties of personnel when subjected to the initial effects of a nuclear weapon. Conditions for both sheltered and unsheltered personnel were considered. Available casualty data were analyzed and functional relationships between casualty and appropriate weapon effects were approximated. Analytic models relating the weapon effects to these casualty functions were also developed for SEP Code. A validation of the code was performed using existing Hiroshima data. Finally, results are presented for a range of construction and weapon parameters to illustrate how SEP Code may be easily utilized to study shelter effectiveness in terms of added survivors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0842573

Entities

People

  • Albert Weinstock
  • David I. Feinstein
  • Merle L. Kardatzke
  • William F. Heugel

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast Waves
  • Body Regions
  • Burns
  • Cells
  • Civil Defense
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Gamma Rays
  • Health Services
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Lepidoptera
  • Lymphatic System
  • Medical Personnel
  • Radiation Effects
  • Rodents
  • Therapy
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.