Casualties Produced by Impact and Related Topics of People Survivability in a Direct Effects Environment
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Author(s):
Longinow, A., Hahn, E., Wiedermann, A., Citko, S.
Corporate Author(s): IIT Research Institute
Date of Publication: 1974-08
Pages: 228
Contract: DAHC20-73-C-0196
DoD Task:
Identifier: ADA011108
Abstract:
The study predicts the survivability of people located in conventional buildings when subjected to the direct effects of megaton range nuclear weapons. Casualty-producing effects considered include 1 dynamic pressures of blast waves and 2 debris. The purpose of results is to categorize and rank casualty mechanisms and on this basis identify shelter spaces which are most likely to offer protection against them. Related topics include a classification of shelter spaces, analysis of a fallout shelter against the effects of blast, feasibility of using large limestone mines as shelters and the analysis of an emergency operating center against the direct effects of nuclear weapons.
Corporate Author(s): IIT Research Institute
Date of Publication: 1974-08
Pages: 228
Contract: DAHC20-73-C-0196
DoD Task:
Identifier: ADA011108
Abstract:
The study predicts the survivability of people located in conventional buildings when subjected to the direct effects of megaton range nuclear weapons. Casualty-producing effects considered include 1 dynamic pressures of blast waves and 2 debris. The purpose of results is to categorize and rank casualty mechanisms and on this basis identify shelter spaces which are most likely to offer protection against them. Related topics include a classification of shelter spaces, analysis of a fallout shelter against the effects of blast, feasibility of using large limestone mines as shelters and the analysis of an emergency operating center against the direct effects of nuclear weapons.