A Method for Estimating the Probability of Damage from the Thermal Pulse of a Nuclear Detonation.

Abstract

This report presents a method for rapidly estimating the probability of damage of an item from the thermal pulse of a nuclear detonation. The results can be displayed either as probability as a function of range for a variety of yields or as a range-yield plot for a given probability. Examples are given, using data on the ignition of fabrics and of common outdoor combustibles. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA090794

Entities

People

  • John S. Wicklund

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Artillery
  • Burns
  • Communication Systems
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Fabrics
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Radiation
  • Tactical Communications
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

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  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.
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