Nuclear Blast Program for Mini-Calculators

Abstract

A program has been written for the HP-97 (HP-67) minicomputer to solve the blast wave from a nuclear detonation. The program first determines standard-altitude parameters for the altitude of interest. Using these parameters as input, the program then calculates pressures, temperatures, densities, velocities, and Mach Numbers in front and behind the shock. Three subroutines allows the user to input (for any altitude < or = 82,000 ft) a specific overpressure across the shock, a specific gust velocity behind the blast wave, or a specific dynamic pressure behind the blast wave. Corresponding parameters for each input are calculated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 09, 1981
Accession Number
ADA101091

Entities

People

  • Rayford P. Patrick

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Altitude
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Calculators
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Governments
  • Instructions
  • Mach Number
  • Overpressure
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Static Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Explosive Engineering.