Assessment of Combined Effects of Blast and Fire on Personnel Survivability

Abstract

The objective of the study described was (1) to perform a preliminary analysis of hazards to sheltered personnel in a blast-fire environment produced by the detonation of a 1 MT nuclear weapon near the ground surface, and (2) to lay the basic ground work for developing a consistent, formal methodology for estimating the probability of people survival in a blast-fire environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA117958

Entities

People

  • A. Longinow
  • A. N. Takata
  • T. E. Waterman

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Civil Defense
  • Computer Programs
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Heat Transmission
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Statistical Algorithms

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Systems Analysis and Design