Feasibility investigation of a permanent fuel-air explosive blast simulator. Topical report 9 May 77-9 Aug 78

Technical Report · Wed Aug 09 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6931035

Sedgwick, R T; Kratz, H B; Herrmann, R G

Initial results from an investigation to determine the feasibility of using fuel-air-explosives (FAE) to simulate the airblast from a 1 KT nuclear blast are reported. A small scale blast facility was developed and tested. Up to 22.7 kg (50 lbs) of fuel such as propylene oxide can be disseminated through a hemispherical nozzle head containing 600 nozzles to form 9.14 m (30 ft) diameter hemispherical clouds which are subsequently detonated. The measured pressure history and impulse from several experiments were scaled and compared with 1 KT nuclear blast wave data. These initial results indicate that FAE can be used to simulate nuclear blast waves and that continued effort to develop the technology required to design a permanent, reuseable 1 KT FAE nuclear blast wave facility is therefore warranted.

• Research Organization: Systems, Science and Software, La Jolla, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6931035
• Report Number(s): AD-A-086219
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450200* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives
BLAST EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSIVES
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
NOZZLES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SIMULATION
TEST FACILITIES