Design of a Combined Effects Simulator.

Abstract

A methodology for designing simulators to model the combined effects of both airblast induced and direct induced ground shock is presented. The report describes how to combine the HEST and DIHEST to make a combined effects simulator. In addition to discussing a general methodology, the report describes how a specific combined effects simulator (CDC-2) was designed. A Combined Effects Simulator (CES) is an array of high explosives that has been designed to simulate, in a prescribed manner, the total nuclear environment either at a particular point, or in a global sense. The nuclear environment can be conveniently broken down into three basic components; each component is usually simulated with a particular type of simulator and, thus, the CES is truly a combination of both effects and simulators. The effects and most common simulator used to produce the effects are: Local Airblast. Upstream Airblast. Source Induced Motions. (JHD)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA195964

Entities

People

  • E. J. Rinehart
  • J. M. Thomsen
  • J. R. Rocco

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Design Criteria
  • Environment
  • Explosives
  • Free Field
  • Ground Shock
  • High Explosives
  • Lepidoptera
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Standards
  • Surface Burst
  • Test Beds
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design