MODEL STUDIES OF BLAST EFFECTS. VII. ENTRY OF BLAST INTO THE HOUSEHOLD BASEMENT FALLOUT SHELTER. Suffield Technical Paper No. 215

Technical Report · Mon Jan 16 23:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4052402

Muirhead, J C

Shock tube experiments are described in which a model household basement fall-out shelter was exposed to shock waves having overpressures of approximately 5 psi. Shadow and Sehlieren photographs of the resulting movement of a smoke stream and of the wave system in the shelter are given. It is concluded that the present geometrical design of the household basement fall-out shelter can give a useful degree of protection against the effects of blast waves, provided that it can be made with sufficient physical strength to be at least as resistant to collapse as the rest of the basement. (auth)

• Research Organization: Canada. Suffield Experimental Station, Ralston, Alberta
• NSA Number: NSA-15-015896
• OSTI ID: 4052402
• Report Number(s): NP-9933
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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