DTIC ADA086219: Feasibility Investigation of a Permanent pdf

DTIC ADA086219: Feasibility Investigation of a Permanent

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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. (Author

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 8/9/1978
• Year: 1978
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Sedgwick, R T, SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND SOFTWARE LA JOLLA CA, *AIRBURST, *NUCLEAR EXPLOSION SIMULATION, *BLAST, *FUEL AIR EXPLOSIVES, BLAST WAVES, PROPENES, FEASIBILITY STUDIES, OXIDES, NOZZLES, TEST FACILITIES

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