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