Fuel-Air Explosions in a Fog Oil Smoke Environment.

Abstract

A fuel-air explosion was investigated as a means of neutralizing a smoke screen of fog oil. On three runs a spray of propylene oxide was detonated inside a tactical fog cloud. The FAE did not ignite the fog oil cloud nor was any clearance evinced as judged by visual observation and camera and television recordings. Transmissometers with lines-of-sight through the clouds operated in the visible and three infrared bands. Immediately after detonation, the transmittance was reduced in all four spectra bands. The reduction in transmittance was probably a result of dust lofted by the FAE. It was concluded that tactical fog oil clouds are very probably too lean to ignite. There was no difficulty in detonating a fuel-air cloud in the covering fog oil cloud.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA083294

Entities

People

  • John D. Sullivan
  • Richard G. Reitz

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Cameras
  • Chemical Properties
  • Combustion
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fuel Air Explosives
  • Fuel Air Ratio
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • Ignition
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Smoke Generators
  • Smoke Screens
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.