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Casualties Produced by Impact and Related Topics of People Survivability in a Direct Effects Environment.

ADA011108

Publication Date	1974
Personal Author	Longinow, A.; Hahn, E.; Wiedermann, A.; Citko, S.
Page Count	221
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.
Keywords	Civil defense Casualties Nuclear weapons Fallout shelters Blast waves Impact Debris Personnel Safety Mines(Excavations) Shelters Survival(General)
Source Agency	Army
NTIS Subject Category	91I - Emergency Services & Planning
Corporate Authors	Iit Research Inst Chicago Ill; Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Washington, D.C.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 18 May 73-31 Jul 74.
NTIS Issue Number	197516
Contract Number	DAHC20-73-C-0196

Casualties Produced by Impact and Related Topics of People Survivability in a Direct Effects Environment.

Casualties Produced by Impact and Related Topics of People Survivability in a Direct Effects Environment.
ADA011108

Publication Date	1974
Personal Author	Longinow, A.; Hahn, E.; Wiedermann, A.; Citko, S.
Page Count	221
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.
Keywords	Civil defense Casualties Nuclear weapons Fallout shelters Blast waves Impact Debris Personnel Safety Mines(Excavations) Shelters Survival(General)
Source Agency	Army
NTIS Subject Category	91I - Emergency Services & Planning
Corporate Authors	Iit Research Inst Chicago Ill; Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Washington, D.C.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 18 May 73-31 Jul 74.
NTIS Issue Number	197516
Contract Number	DAHC20-73-C-0196