Simulations of HANE/VHANE Dynamics

Abstract

The past year's work concerning early time nuclear phenomenology at high altitudes has involved a number of diverse problems. These include (1) simulations of magnetic field and debris dynamics in VHANE bursts, (2) calculations of the energy deposition spectrum in HANE bursts, (3) study of debris characteristics in both VHANE and HANE regimes, (4) development of a simple debris slowing and deposition model based on electromagnetic instabilities due to debris streaming along the magnetic field, and (5) some preliminary calculations of multiburst effects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA243198

Entities

People

  • D. Winske

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bow Shock
  • Computer Simulations
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrons
  • Explosions
  • Frequency
  • High Altitude
  • Hybrid Simulations
  • Ion Beams
  • Ion Density
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Mach Number
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Mean Free Path
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Solar Physics
  • Theoretical Analysis.