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Assessment of combined effects of blast and fire on personnel survivability. Final report 3 Apr 7-31 Jan 81

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6519321
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The objective of the study described was (1) to perform a preliminary analysis of hazards to sheltered personnel in a blast-fire environment produced by the detonation of a 1 MT nuclear weapon near the ground surface, and (2) to lay the basic ground work for developing a consistent, formal methodology for estimating the probability of people survival in a blast-fire environment.
Research Organization:
IIT Research Inst., Chicago, IL (USA)
OSTI ID:
6519321
Report Number(s):
AD-A-117958/9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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