Protection Afforded by Field Fortifications Against Nuclear Weapons Effects

Abstract

This report covers a field fortification test conducted as a part of Exercise DESERT ROCK VII during Operation PLUMBBOB. The test objectives were to determine if increased protection could be obtained by using a shelter-type entrance in conjunction with a 7-ft by 7-ft machine gun emplacement; to determine the vulnerability of a laminated roof to blast from atomic weapons; to determine the effect of partial cover (varying the size of entrance opening) and orientation on the attenuation of prompt gamma and neutron radiation in various types of hasty fortifications; and to determine the protection afforded by the offset foxhole against blast and nuclear radiation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 08, 1958
Accession Number
AD0860811

Entities

People

  • Nathaniel J. Davis Jr

Organizations

  • United States Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Blast
  • Construction
  • Detectors
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Explosives
  • Ground Zero
  • Instrumentation
  • Machine Guns
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Photographic Dosimeters
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.