A Multiburst Fallout Model for Operational Type Studies.

Abstract

A method is developed for calculating fallout deposition down-wind from a massive nuclear attack on a small target area over a short time span. This is accomplished using existing smear codes and replacing their existing horizontal activity distribution with an approximating function. This function is the difference between two cumulative normal functions which are shown to result from superposition of individual bursts. A comparison is made between the contours predicted by this new code and contours predicted by the old, time-consuming, iterative procedures. The new code has been employed in several different scenarios involving the proposed MX field to determine the resulting dose contours from a massive attack against that field. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA100760

Entities

People

  • John F. Crandley Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Distribution Curves
  • Dose Rate
  • Grids
  • Longitude
  • Multibursts
  • Nuclear Clouds
  • Particle Size
  • Schools
  • Standards
  • United States
  • Weapons
  • Wind
  • Wind Shear
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.