Blast Tests of Expedient Shelters in the MISERS BLUFF Event.

Abstract

Expedient shelters were blast-tested by a conventional explosion equivalent to a 0.2 KT nuclear explosion. The estimated survivabilities in a large nuclear explosion are: (1) improved Small-Pole Shelter, 345 kPa (50 psi); (2) triangular entryway and blastdoor made of poles, 173 kPa (25 psi); (3) Chinese A-Frame Pole Shelter, 48 kPa (7 psi); and (4) lightly shored Pole-Covered Trench Shelters, 103 kpa (15 psi). (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA083966

Entities

People

  • Conrad V. Chester
  • Cresson H. Kearny
  • Edwin N. York

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Civil Engineering
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Excavation
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fallout Shelters
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Research Facilities
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Shock Waves
  • Surface Burst

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.