Estimated Effects of Ionizing Radiation upon Military Task Performance: Individual Combat Crewmember Assessment,

Abstract

Quantitative estimates are developed of the performance levels for selected individual Army combat crewmembers exposed to prompt ionizing radiation from nuclear weapons. The performance levels, expressed in percent of normal (baseline) task performance, provide information for military operations planning, combat training, and computer simulation modeling of combat crew and unit effectiveness. The methodology is described where data from two separate bodies of information: acute radiation sickness symptomatology, and judgment of task performance time from Army combat crew questionnaires - are integrated to compute performance levels as a function of dose (free-in-air) and post-exposure time.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP003255

Entities

People

  • D. B. Wilson
  • G. H. Anno

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Colorado
  • Computer Simulations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Military Operations
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Psychology
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Sickness
  • Simulations
  • Task Performance And Analysis

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.