Nuclear Explosions Effects, First Edition (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. previously belonged to a BFPO library, only one issue date, seems unused, protected dustwrapper, clean, tight, bright copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 825-1842p. VOLUME TWO ONLY. A very good copy, the spine of which is very slightly cocked and with a 1 1/2" tear in the back paste-down endpaper, in a good d.j., the spine of which is a little dark and there is minor edgewear. Size: 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall. Book.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 49, [3] pages, including covers. Footnotes. Illustrations. Tables. Summary. Pencil erasure residue on title page. This paper was an updated version of a paper assembled from available published nuclear effects data and was initially prepared as a contribution to the Albuquerque Conference on Disaster Medical Care. The author was associated with the Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research. The paper addresses several issues and problems, principally the Free-Field versus the Non-Free-Field, Biomedical Criteria, the Ichiban Program, and Blast Biology. It was pointed out that considerable progress has been made in assembling range -yield-effects data for nuclear detonations applicable to a variety of burst conditions and that tentative though incomplete biomedical criteria have been formulated for assessing the hazards of exposure to blast as well as ionizing and thermal radiations. Even so, it was noted that great care must be taken if meaningful concepts are to come from a combined use of the physical and biomedical data. In emphasis of this fact, the physically and biologically oriented problem areas were presented and discussed. Also, survival data for the Hiroshima explosion were used to show that the conditions of exposure more than any other factors determined immediate survival and more than anything else was responsible for keeping the casualty figures as low as they were. A major deterrent in applying the experience in Japan to a more generalized situation is the lack of information about the differences between "free -field" parameters and the environmental variations that will actually occur at the locations of people immediately following the burst. The relevant problems are complex and difficult and there has been neither widespread appreciation of the need to "move out of the streets and into exposure locations" nor with one exception much progress in translating "free-field dose" to "exposure dose" at locations of interest. The exception is the Ichiban Program being carried out cooperatively by personnel from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. A second difficulty in generalizing across the range-yield spectrum of effects is the fact that, all other things being the same, the ratios of the major effects parameters to one another change with yield; viz., the range -yield-effects curves for thermal and ionizing radiation and for blast are not parallel with one another. Even so, tentative biomedical criteria can be combined with rangeeffects data for different yields and burst conditions to define the ranges inside which and the areas over which specified potential hazards exist. Also, given a completely flat terrain, the absence of structures and all people exposed in the open, casualty estimates for such "free-field" exposure conditions might perhaps be credible. In the presence of terrain variations and the many types of buildings in cities and urban complexes, the re can be no satisfactory predictions until positional, geometric and orientational factors along with others defining the conditions of exposure have been recognized and assessed. does not include this sophistication and any but the grossest estimation of nuclear casualties is hardly possible today. The state of the art currently does not include this sophistication and any but the grossest estimation of nuclear casualties is hardly possible today.

Trade paperback. Condition: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [12], 488 pages. Tables. Figures. Formulae. References. List of Participants. Some text in French, Spanish and Russian. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Moisture stains noted--all pages separated and text clear. Some smudging of library markings. This is one of the Panel Proceedings Series. The present proceedings contain four Statements on National Programmes, seven papers dealing with specific applications, six papers dealing with Phenomenology, seven papers dealing with radioactivity considerations, and four papers on seismic considerations. These are followed by a Summary and Conclusions. There were 28 papers presented and the panel was attended by participants form 31 countries and three international organizations. Among the topics addressed are: Explosive excavation, Dam construction, Retorting of Green River oil Shale, Canals, Chemical Mining, Copper suplhides, Reservoir creation, Craters, Engineering Structures, Rock Fracturing, Marvel--a nuclear shock-tube experiment, underground nuclear explosions, radiological accident prediction, radioisotope formation, Fallout prediction, Seismic Waves, and geophysics. Peaceful nuclear explosions (PNEs) are nuclear explosions conducted for non-military purposes. Proposed uses include excavation for the building of canals and harbors, electrical generation, the use of nuclear explosions to drive spacecraft, and as a form of wide-area fracking. PNEs were an area of some research from the late 1950s into the 1980s, primarily in the United States and Soviet Union. In the U.S., a series of tests were carried out under Project Plowshare. Some of the ideas considered included blasting a new Panama Canal, the use of underground explosions to create electricity,[citation needed] and a variety of geological studies. The largest of the excavation tests was carried out in the Sedan nuclear test in 1962, which released large amounts of radioactive gas into the air. By the late 1960s, public opposition to Plowshare was increasing, and a 1970s study of the economics of the concepts suggested they had no practical use. Plowshare saw decreasing interest from the 1960s, and was officially canceled in 1977. The Soviet program started a few years after the U.S. efforts and explored many of the same concepts under their Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy program. The program was more extensive, eventually conducting 239 nuclear explosions. Some of these tests also released radioactivity, including a significant release of plutonium into the groundwater and the polluting of an area near the Volga River. A major part of the program in the 1970s and 80s was the use of very small bombs to produce shock waves as a seismic measuring tool, and as part of these experiments, two bombs were successfully used to seal blown-out oil wells. The program officially ended in 1988. As part of ongoing arms control efforts, both programs came to be controlled by a variety of agreements. Most notable among these is the 1976 Treaty on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (PNE Treaty). The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty of 1996 prohibits all nuclear explosions, regardless of whether they are for peaceful purposes or not. Since that time the topic has been raised several times, often as a method of asteroid impact avoidance.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xvi, 59, [3] pages. Notations. Formulae. Figures. References. Appendix. The cover has some wear and soiling. This report was not, when issued, approved for open publication. It was approved for general release in 1999. It was prepared for the Defense Atomic Support Agency. This report was prepared for the defense Atomic Support Agency and copies of this report was only available to qualified requestors. Among the topics addressed are Wave Propagation, Nuclear Burst Calculations, Rainer Nuclear Test, TENSOR Code, Nuclear Explosions, Equations of Motion. Fermi-Thomas,and Shock Measurement. Nuclear Geoplosics is an authoritative field of study focusing on the underground phenomena, ground motion, and cratering effects produced by nuclear explosions. It serves as a comprehensive, multi-volume sourcebook detailing the mechanical properties of earth materials, shock wave effects on soil and rock, and the resulting cavity and chimney formation. Key aspects of Nuclear Geoplosics include: It covers theory of ground motion, material properties (soil/rocks), test site instrumentation, empirical analysis, and effects on structures. The study analyzes underground effects, including cratering, ejecta, superseismic ground shock, and in-depth cavity behavior. Investigations cover the response of various media like tuff, granite, limestone, and alluvium to high-pressure shock waves. This was primarily used for understanding the engineering effects of underground nuclear detonations and the design of protective structures. The Nuclear Geoplosics sourcebook, such as the widely referenced 1964 edition (e.g., DNA 1285-I), remains a foundational document for analyzing the geophysical and mechanical consequences of nuclear explosions.

Wraps. Condition: Good. xxiii, [3], 155, [7] pages. This is Part II of a five part sourcebook. PART II ONLY. This document was not approved when issued for open publication or distribution to the Office of Technical Services, Department of Commerce. This report was prepared for the defense Atomic Support Agency and copies of this report was only available to qualified requestors. Illustrated front cover. Notations. Agencies and Abbreviations. Tables. Figures. Footnotes/references. The Soils Section was by R. V. Whitman and the Rocks Section by G. B. Clark. Label of previous owner at top left of title page. Part I of this volume is on soils and Part II is on rocks. Among the topics in the Contents are: Mechanical Behavior of Earth Materials, Tests to Determine Mechanical Properties, Triaxial Test, Compression Test, Wave Propagation Tests, Shear Stresses, Constant Lateral Stress, Torsional Tests, Saturated Soils, Cohesive Soils,Shear Failure, Ground Motion Predictions, Geologic Considerations, Mechanical Properties of Rocks,Volumetric Properties, Elastic Properties, Strength of Rock, Stratification, Velocity of Longitudinal (Compression ) Waves, and Test Methods. Contains Appendix IIA and IIB, Distribution list. The five parts are: pt. 1. Theory of directly-induced ground motion / by J. Naar; pt. 2. Mechanical properties of earth materials/ by R.V. Whitman, G.B. Clark; pt. 3. Test sites and instrumentation / by P.L. Flanders; pt. 4. Empirical analysis of ground motion and cratering / by F.M. Sauer, G.B. Clark, D.C. Anderson; and pt. 5. Effects on underground structures and equipment / by J.L. Merritt and N.M. Newark. Key words in the DD Form 1473 are: Nuclear Explosions, Ground Shock, Ground Motion, Protective Structures, Dynamic Properties of Soil and Rock, Nuclear Test Data, Nuclear Test Sites, and Dynamic Instrumentation. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [2], xiv, 91, [5] pages. Abbreviations. Figures.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xxxi, [1], 145, [3] pages. Abbreviations. Figures. Formulae. Illustrations. Tables. References. Appendix. The cover has some wear and soiling. This report was not, when issued, approved for open publication. It was approved for general release in 1999. This report was prepared for the Defense Atomic Support Agency. Among the topics addressed are Stress Wave,Seismic Velocity, Arches, Domes, Rectangular Structures, Tensile Strength,Structural Materials, Blast, Buried Structures, Deeply Buried, Displacement, Damage-Pressure-Level Equation, Shock Response, and Structural Design. Nathan Mortimore Newmark (September 22, 1910 January 25, 1981) was an American structural engineer and academic, regarded as a founding father of earthquake engineering. He was awarded the National Medal of Science for Engineering. J. L. Merritt's (Ph.D. 58) area of expertise was in design criteria for seismic and other effects. Nuclear Geoplosics is an authoritative field of study focusing on the underground phenomena, ground motion, and cratering effects produced by nuclear explosions. It serves as a comprehensive, multi-volume sourcebook detailing the mechanical properties of earth materials, shock wave effects on soil and rock, and the resulting cavity and chimney formation. Key aspects of Nuclear Geoplosics include: It covers theory of ground motion, material properties (soil/rocks), test site instrumentation, empirical analysis, and effects on structures. The study analyzes underground effects, including cratering, ejecta, superseismic ground shock, and in-depth cavity behavior. Investigations cover the response of various media like tuff, granite, limestone, and alluvium to high-pressure shock waves. This was primarily used for understanding the engineering effects of underground nuclear detonations and the design of protective structures. The Nuclear Geoplosics sourcebook, such as the widely referenced 1964 edition (e.g., DNA 1285), remains a foundational document for analyzing the geophysical and mechanical consequences of nuclear explosions.