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Development of Analytical Relationships and Criteria for Blast and Fire Vulnerability of Fallout Shelter Occupants.

AD842356

Publication Date	1968
Personal Author	Crowley, J. W.; Hogue, R. H.; Avise, H. J.; Smit, E. H.; Hiner, W. G.
Page Count	266
Abstract	The objective of this study is the development of improved methods and criteria for estimating blast casualties and for handling nuclear fire effects in order to determine means for improving survivability and injury avoidance for shelter occupants. The urban fire analysis model, FIREFLY, was developed to provide an automated method for assesing the potential damage to shelter buildings from fires which occur as a result of ignition from the thermal pulse of a nuclear weapon or fire spread from nearby buildings. Two promising approaches for classification of urban environments with regard to potential fire susceptibility were developed. Upon the basis of blast vulnerability analyses of structures including interior floors, walls and partitions, a set of blast fatality functions was produced which may be used to determine the survivability of personnel in shelters in various locations within three principal types of structures. Trial applications of improved methods and criteria served as a pilot sensitivity analysis for future shelter systems vulnerability analyses. (Author)
Keywords	Civil defense Nuclear weapons Civilian personnel Shelters Blast Survival(Personnel) Fires Buildings Thermal radiation Shielding Mathematical prediction Mathematical models Nuclear explosion damage Urban areas Ignition Classification Vulnerability Shock waves Loads(Forces) Computer analysis
Source Agency	Non Paid Delimited ADS
NTIS Subject Category	74I - Passive Defense Systems
Corporate Authors	System Sciences Inc Bethesda MD
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197705
Contract Number	DAHC20-67-C-0147

Development of Analytical Relationships and Criteria for Blast and Fire Vulnerability of Fallout Shelter Occupants.

Development of Analytical Relationships and Criteria for Blast and Fire Vulnerability of Fallout Shelter Occupants.
AD842356

Publication Date	1968
Personal Author	Crowley, J. W.; Hogue, R. H.; Avise, H. J.; Smit, E. H.; Hiner, W. G.
Page Count	266
Abstract	The objective of this study is the development of improved methods and criteria for estimating blast casualties and for handling nuclear fire effects in order to determine means for improving survivability and injury avoidance for shelter occupants. The urban fire analysis model, FIREFLY, was developed to provide an automated method for assesing the potential damage to shelter buildings from fires which occur as a result of ignition from the thermal pulse of a nuclear weapon or fire spread from nearby buildings. Two promising approaches for classification of urban environments with regard to potential fire susceptibility were developed. Upon the basis of blast vulnerability analyses of structures including interior floors, walls and partitions, a set of blast fatality functions was produced which may be used to determine the survivability of personnel in shelters in various locations within three principal types of structures. Trial applications of improved methods and criteria served as a pilot sensitivity analysis for future shelter systems vulnerability analyses. (Author)
Keywords	Civil defense Nuclear weapons Civilian personnel Shelters Blast Survival(Personnel) Fires Buildings Thermal radiation Shielding Mathematical prediction Mathematical models Nuclear explosion damage Urban areas Ignition Classification Vulnerability Shock waves Loads(Forces) Computer analysis
Source Agency	Non Paid Delimited ADS
NTIS Subject Category	74I - Passive Defense Systems
Corporate Authors	System Sciences Inc Bethesda MD
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197705
Contract Number	DAHC20-67-C-0147