Pressure response within an enclosure subject to a blast wave

W. R. Elswick

ResearchPublished 1961

Part of a broader investigation concerned with the design of shelter structures to withstand the blast or pessure-rise effects of a nuclear explosion. A generalized mathematical model is presented of the rise of pressure with time within an enclosure as a function of enclosed volume, leakage-opening area, static overpressure, and nuclear-weapon yield. The results are shown graphically. Their applicability to the design of protected enclosures is illustrated by two examples of personnel shelters: a small home shelter, and a considerably larger arrangement housing up to a hundred people.

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  • Year: 1961
  • Pages: 39
  • Document Number: RM-2660

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Elswick, W. R., Pressure response within an enclosure subject to a blast wave. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1961. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM2660.html.
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