Combined Effects of Blast and Fire on Personnel Survivability

Abstract

This paper deals with the analysis of hazards to sheltered personnel in a blast-fire environment produced by the detonation of a 1-MT nuclear weapon near the ground surface. The three personnel shelters included: (1) a conventional framed basement, (2) a conventional basement having a reinforced concrete slab instead of a wood floor overhead, and (3) an expedient, pole type below-grade shelter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP000493

Entities

People

  • Anatol Longinow
  • Hyla S. Napadensky
  • T. E. Waterman

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Civil Defense
  • Civil Engineering
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Engineers
  • Explosions
  • Fire Prevention
  • Free Field
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Shielding
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Structural Analysis
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.