Quantity-Distances Waste Big Bucks & Can Be Unsafe

Abstract

Within these four Q-D categories there are two indices which determine which Q-D prescription should be selected for use in a given situation. The first is the United Nations' Hazard Division 1 subdivisions of the explosives being considered. The second is the Net Explosive Quantity (NEQ). These indices are two of the three major reasons why big bucks are wasted. The third reason introduces probabilities. Lets look first at the waste caused by using the two Q-D indices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA528132

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  • Robert D. Willcox

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Ammunition
  • Casualties
  • Control Systems
  • Economic Systems
  • Explosion Effects
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Gunpowder
  • High Explosives
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Law
  • Market Economy
  • Munitions
  • Propellants
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis

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  • Educational Psychology
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Library and Information Science