Estimating Radiated Thermal Environments from Aluminum-LOX (Liquid Oxygen) Thermal Radiation Simulators.

Abstract

This report describes the early modeling work done to estimate the radiated thermal environment generated by Aluminum LOX thermal radiation simulators. The ability to calculate the environment produced by these simulators is necessary to effectively plan combined airblast/thermal simulations of nuclear weapon effects. Included are: an overview of the modeling effort and how a model is calibrated, comparisons with MILL RACE results, the models, and preliminary work on airblast/TRS interference. The primary result of the effort was the development of a model that potentially can accurately predict the environment from a TRS. It was also concluded that much more effort must go into making repeatable and reliable TRS simulators, and a significant calibration program is then warranted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 1984
Accession Number
ADA168707

Entities

People

  • Burton S. Chambers Iii

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Blast
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radiation
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.