ON PREDICTING THE IGNITION SUSCEPTIBILITY OF TYPICAL KINDLING FUELS TO IGNITION BY THE THERMAL RADIATION FROM NUCLEAR DETONATIONS

Technical Report · Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4184505

Martin, S

Ignition threshold energies and ranges of some typical kindling fuels for both kiloton and megaton nuclear weapon air bursts are calculated from previously derived ignition behavior patterns to illustrate the method. The examples demonstrate how the ignition susceptibility of a material can be predicted from the generalized ignition behavior curve with only a knowledge of the optical absorptivity of the material and the readily measurable quantities of thickness and weight per unit area. A means of correcting for the effect of the relative humidity of the exposure environment is also given. No direct experimental verification of the prediction curves has been attempted as yet. (auth)

• Research Organization: Naval Radiological Defense Lab., San Francisco
• NSA Number: NSA-14-007909
• OSTI ID: 4184505
• Report Number(s): USNRDL-TR-367; AFSWP-1135
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

PHYSICS
ABSORPTION
AIR
ENERGY
ENVIRONMENT
FUELS
HUMIDITY
IGNITION
LIGHT
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
SUSCEPTIBILITY
THERMAL RADIATION
THRESHOLD ENERGY