Determination of Lateral Spread of Nuclear Fallout Patterns

Abstract

This report develops an improved method of determining the lateral spread of nuclear fallout. A full physics model of pattern development based on particle mass is analyzed. A rapid, simplified method for the prediction of nuclear fallout patterns is developed for the case of a 1 Mt weapon based on empirical data from WSEG-10. This model is extended to other weapon sizes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA172769

Entities

People

  • David P. Schneider

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • Ground Zero
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Nuclear Clouds
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Systems Analysis and Design