Computer Program for Predicting Casualties and Damage from Accidental Explosions

Abstract

A computer program has been prepared in Fortran language for calculating expected numbers of casualties by blast and fragment injury in a population of unprotected persons, and damage to unstrengthened residential buildings by blast from explosions. The program generates tables of injury probability, percent casualties, and percent building damage as functions of distance from block stacks of mass-detonating bombs and projectiles described in the input data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA012847

Entities

People

  • T. A. Zaker

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Blast
  • Blast Injuries
  • Casualties
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Explosion Effects
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Language
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Projectiles
  • Standards
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Explosive Engineering.