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Feasibility and Representativeness of Large-Scale Boxcar Burns.

AD688206

Publication Date	1968
Personal Author	Salzberg, F.
Page Count	58
Abstract	The study deals with the feasibility of using retired boxcars for simulating urban area fires. Considerations are given to the representativeness of boxcars fires, development of an experimental plan, and a cost analysis. An outline is given of experimental series designed to study various aspects of urban area fires by means of boxcar fires. Included are studies of fire spread, development of group fires, and behavior of mass fires. (Author)
Keywords	Nuclear warfare Fires Urban areas Railroad cars Nuclear explosion damage Models(Simulations) Burning rate Correlation techniques Housing Materials Combustion products Buildings Flow fields Costs Feasibility studies Logistics Instrumentation Test methods Boxcars
NTIS Subject Category	94H - Industrial Safety Engineering 74H - Nuclear Warfare
Corporate Authors	IIT Research Inst Chicago Ill Engineering Mechanics Div
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	196915
Contract Number	N00228-67-C-2716

Feasibility and Representativeness of Large-Scale Boxcar Burns.

Feasibility and Representativeness of Large-Scale Boxcar Burns.
AD688206

Publication Date	1968
Personal Author	Salzberg, F.
Page Count	58
Abstract	The study deals with the feasibility of using retired boxcars for simulating urban area fires. Considerations are given to the representativeness of boxcars fires, development of an experimental plan, and a cost analysis. An outline is given of experimental series designed to study various aspects of urban area fires by means of boxcar fires. Included are studies of fire spread, development of group fires, and behavior of mass fires. (Author)
Keywords	Nuclear warfare Fires Urban areas Railroad cars Nuclear explosion damage Models(Simulations) Burning rate Correlation techniques Housing Materials Combustion products Buildings Flow fields Costs Feasibility studies Logistics Instrumentation Test methods Boxcars
NTIS Subject Category	94H - Industrial Safety Engineering 74H - Nuclear Warfare
Corporate Authors	IIT Research Inst Chicago Ill Engineering Mechanics Div
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	196915
Contract Number	N00228-67-C-2716