Title

Fire and the Related Effects of Nuclear Explosions

Creator

Martin, Stanley B.

Alger, Raymond S.

Corporate Author

SRI International

Corporate Report Number

SRI Project PYU 4113

Date

1982

Date Issued

1982-11

Extent

128

Contract

EMW-E-0883

NTRL Accession Number

ADA125285

Identifier

ADA125285

Abstract

This report summarizes the proceedings of a FEMA-sponsored Conference (organized and arranged by SRI International under subcontract to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) on fire and the related effects of nuclear explosions (with passing attention to earthquakes and other nonnuclear mishaps). This conference, the fifth of an annual series (formally called Blast/Fire Interaction Conference), was held during the week of 25 April 1982, again at Asilomar, California. The 1982 Conference was a technical meeting designed to transfer information and to critically appraise on-going research. Accordiingly, in contrast to past conference objectives, research program planning was intentionally omitted, and the workshops previously tasked with the development of research requirements and priorities were replaced with technical discussion groups. With this exception, the general meeting format remained unchanged; plenary lectures were interspersed with reviews of active FEMA Work Units, fire research programs separately sponsored, and concurrent discussion sessions on five separate technical topics. A significant portion of the 1982 Conference was devoted to reviews of the fire research programs ant the National Bureau of Standards Center for Fire Research and the recent;y reinitiated program of assessment of the fire effects of nuclear explosions funded by the Defense Nuclear Agency. This report contains the program summaries and minutes from the five technical-issue disussion groups. The meeting was international with representation from the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Japan in addition to representatives from government, industry, and academe in the United States.

Distribution Classification

1

Distribution Conflict

No

DTIC Record Exists

Yes

Illinois Tech Related

No

Photo Quality

Not Needed

Report Availability

Full text available by request

Type

report

Provenance

Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.