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Survivability in Crisis Upgraded Shelters.

ADA055764

Publication Date	1978
Personal Author	Longinow, A.
Page Count	109
Abstract	This report contains the results of a study aimed at exploring the sheltering potential for people remaining in high risk areas when such areas are subjected to a nuclear weapon attack. Basements of six conventional buildings are evaluated when subjected to direct effects of a large yield nuclear weapon. On the basis of this evaluation probabilities of survival for shelter occupants are assigned. The six basements are subsequently upgraded using expedient measures and reevaluated subject to the same attack condition. Probabilities of survival for shelterees in conventional and upgraded basements are compared. It is concluded that basements in high risk areas can be upgraded using expedient methods to achieve a median lethal overpressure (MLOP) of at least 26 psi (179.26 kPa) from a large yield weapon. The level of protection achieved in any one case is a strong function of several parameters such as type of structure being considered for upgrading, size of shelter, time, equipment, materials, and labor available for implementation. (Author)
Keywords	Shelters Civil defense Survival(Personnel) Estimates Basements Beams(Structural) Reinforced concrete
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	91I - Emergency Services & Planning 89D - Structural Analyses
Corporate Authors	Iit Research Inst Chicago Ill
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 9 Aug 76-9 Feb 78.
NTIS Issue Number	197820
Contract Number	DCPA01-76-C-0321

Survivability in Crisis Upgraded Shelters.

Survivability in Crisis Upgraded Shelters.
ADA055764

Publication Date	1978
Personal Author	Longinow, A.
Page Count	109
Abstract	This report contains the results of a study aimed at exploring the sheltering potential for people remaining in high risk areas when such areas are subjected to a nuclear weapon attack. Basements of six conventional buildings are evaluated when subjected to direct effects of a large yield nuclear weapon. On the basis of this evaluation probabilities of survival for shelter occupants are assigned. The six basements are subsequently upgraded using expedient measures and reevaluated subject to the same attack condition. Probabilities of survival for shelterees in conventional and upgraded basements are compared. It is concluded that basements in high risk areas can be upgraded using expedient methods to achieve a median lethal overpressure (MLOP) of at least 26 psi (179.26 kPa) from a large yield weapon. The level of protection achieved in any one case is a strong function of several parameters such as type of structure being considered for upgrading, size of shelter, time, equipment, materials, and labor available for implementation. (Author)
Keywords	Shelters Civil defense Survival(Personnel) Estimates Basements Beams(Structural) Reinforced concrete
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	91I - Emergency Services & Planning 89D - Structural Analyses
Corporate Authors	Iit Research Inst Chicago Ill
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 9 Aug 76-9 Feb 78.
NTIS Issue Number	197820
Contract Number	DCPA01-76-C-0321