Survivability on the Fringe of High Risk Areas.

Abstract

This report contains the results of a study aimed at exploring the sheltering potential for people in low risk areas, i.e., in areas with overpressures less than 2 psi (13.79 kpa) caused by megaton range nuclear weapon detonations. Two basement shelters and eight special purpose shelters were evaluated and a 'people survivability function' was developed for each. A survivability function relates percent survivors in a given shelter to a range of overpressures at the shelter site. Casualty mechanisms considered with this set of shelters include blast, i.e., dynamic pressures and debris from the breakup of the shelter structure. Results included in this report allow the civil defender to estimate the people survivability potential in and near the fringe of high risk areas when shelters of the type considered in this study are used to protect the population. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062752

Entities

People

  • A. Longinow

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Civil Defense
  • Civil Engineering
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Materials Processing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Prestressed Concrete
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Structural Analysis
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.