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Civil Defense Shelter Options for Fallout and Blast Protection (Single-Purpose).

AD674663

Publication Date	1968
Personal Author	Longinow, A.; Stepanek, O. J.
Page Count	220
Abstract	The objective of this study was to develop data on shelter concepts, costs and protective capabilities of single-purpose shelters capable of deployment in urban and/or peripheral regions. Two categories of shelter structures were considered, 'permanent' and 'expedient.' The former are those shelters requiring specialized skills, equipment, communication and supply routes, etc.; the latter are capable of being constructed rapidly by unskilled or semiskilled labor, using little or no specialized equipment. The effort was primarily concerned with permanent shelters. Each structure type was designed and costed for three shelter locations relative to the ground surface, six habitability options and four nuclear weapons environments characterized by fallout radiation alone, and 10, 20 and 30 psi free field overpressure and associated effects resulting from megaton range nuclear weapons. A total of 864 shelter cost options are presented. A cost investigation of basement shelters is included. (Author)
Keywords	Shelters Civil defense systems Nuclear explosions Urban areas Radioactive fallout Blast Design Costs Hemispherical shells Site selection Soils Life support Underground structures Loading(Mechanics) Volume Materials Doors Survival Protection Hardening Basement shelters Overpressure
NTIS Subject Category	50 - Civil Engineering 95E - Life Support Systems 77D - Nuclear Explosions & Devices
Corporate Authors	Iit Research Inst Chicago Ill
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Mar 67-Feb 68.
NTIS Issue Number	196821
Contract Number	DAHC20-67-C-0167

Civil Defense Shelter Options for Fallout and Blast Protection (Single-Purpose).

Civil Defense Shelter Options for Fallout and Blast Protection (Single-Purpose).
AD674663

Publication Date	1968
Personal Author	Longinow, A.; Stepanek, O. J.
Page Count	220
Abstract	The objective of this study was to develop data on shelter concepts, costs and protective capabilities of single-purpose shelters capable of deployment in urban and/or peripheral regions. Two categories of shelter structures were considered, 'permanent' and 'expedient.' The former are those shelters requiring specialized skills, equipment, communication and supply routes, etc.; the latter are capable of being constructed rapidly by unskilled or semiskilled labor, using little or no specialized equipment. The effort was primarily concerned with permanent shelters. Each structure type was designed and costed for three shelter locations relative to the ground surface, six habitability options and four nuclear weapons environments characterized by fallout radiation alone, and 10, 20 and 30 psi free field overpressure and associated effects resulting from megaton range nuclear weapons. A total of 864 shelter cost options are presented. A cost investigation of basement shelters is included. (Author)
Keywords	Shelters Civil defense systems Nuclear explosions Urban areas Radioactive fallout Blast Design Costs Hemispherical shells Site selection Soils Life support Underground structures Loading(Mechanics) Volume Materials Doors Survival Protection Hardening Basement shelters Overpressure
NTIS Subject Category	50 - Civil Engineering 95E - Life Support Systems 77D - Nuclear Explosions & Devices
Corporate Authors	Iit Research Inst Chicago Ill
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Mar 67-Feb 68.
NTIS Issue Number	196821
Contract Number	DAHC20-67-C-0167