EFFECTS OF OVERPRESSURES IN GROUP SHELTERS ON ANIMALS AND DUMMIES
S>Relative biological hazards of blast were studied in two types of communal air-raid shelters during Shots 1 and 8. Dogs, restrained within the shelters during detonation, were studied pathologically and clinically for blast injuries. Two anthropometric dummies were test objects for displacement studies utilizing high-speed photography. Physical data included pressure vs time and air-drag determinations. During Shot 1, animals sustained marked blast damages (hemorrhages in lungs and abdominal organs), three dogs were ataxic. and the dummies were rather violently displaced. In Shot 8, however, no significant injuries were found in the animals, and the dummies were minimally displaced. Analysis of the physical data indicated that blast injuries and violent displacements may occur at much lower static overpressures than previously assumed from conventional explosion data. Furthermore, biological damage appeared to be related to the rate of rise of the overpressure and air drag, as well as the maximum overpressure values. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-024017
- OSTI ID:
- 4818806
- Report Number(s):
- WT-798
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Project 23.15 of Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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