Tactical Nuclear Slide Rule for a Plurality of Environments.

Abstract

A calculational aid is provided, in the form of a slide rule, to facilitate calculation of probable damage inflicted by a nuclear detonation. The particular apparatus permits calculation of any one or more of several damage-causing environments induced by nuclear detonations, and the consequential probability of damage resulting from such a detonation caused by the particularly calculated environment. Appropriate scales, properly spaced in particular relationships, are provided on a slide rule, thus providing a means for performing the calculational functions described above. Each of the possible environment-related damage calculations utilizes five parameters, and the present invention provides an apparatus for determining any one of the five parameters once the other four are known. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1978
Accession Number
ADD006641

Entities

People

  • C. Stuart Kelley

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Phenomena
  • Detonations
  • Environment
  • Inventions
  • Probability

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space