Chemical Incident Simulator: A New Approach for Deriving Passive Defence Requirements

Abstract

The "Chemical Incident Simulator" (CIS) - a chain of linked simulation models - simulates the dispersion, detector responses, effects of protective equipment, and human toxicological responses for many realistic scenarios. Operational behavior, like changes in "Dress State" and typical reaction times are taken into account in the simulation. All input and output data are stored in a database for easy access and retrieval. Analysis of individual scenario results and statistical analysis over-all scenarios is possible. The casualty levels can be obtained for various health effect levels (eye effect, incapacitation, lethal) and protection levels (no protection, suit only, mask only, mask and suit, collective protection). This model thus largely eliminates the subjectivity involved in scenario studies, protective and detector equipment procurement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 2004
Accession Number
ADA449627

Entities

People

  • Art R. Hin
  • Cornelis A. Van Beest
  • Gert Van 't Hof
  • Herman W. Zappey
  • Leon F. Geers
  • Marco J. Linders
  • Paul Brasser
  • Reinier P. Sterkenburg
  • Ron A. Rumley-van Gurp
  • Simon C. Van Swieten

Organizations

  • Prins Maurits Laboratorium TNO

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Casualties
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Databases
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Medical Countermeasures
  • Passive Defense
  • Protective Clothing
  • Protective Equipment
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Materials Science