Predictions of Nuisance Damage and Hazard From Accidental Explosions During Trident Missile Test Flights

Abstract

The damage and hazard potential of an accidental explosion of a Trident I C-4 motor near the Cape Canaveral Launch Pad 25 has been assessed. Under some weather conditions, the airblast propagation could break thousands of windows in the Cape Canaveral community; in other weather conditions only a few might be broken. A "weather watch" was developed and operated during Trident tests to hold threatened damage and hazard down to an acceptable minimum level. Test delays, while awaiting suitable weather, averaged near the predicted 2 days per launch test.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA384053

Entities

People

  • Jack W. Reed

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Accuracy
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustics
  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • California
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Pressure Gages
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies