- Author
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Title
- Investigation of Means and Materials to Combat Thermal Radiation Flash Burns. Final Report. July 1954-March 1, 1956.
- Coporate
- IIT Research Inst., Chicago, IL
- Sponsor
- Quartermaster Research and Development Command, Natick, MA
- Report
- Final Report; Project D046, January 16, 1957, 126 p.
- Contract
- DA-19-129-QM-187
- Keywords
- flash burns | thermal radiation | heat transfer | equations | temperature distribution | heat sinks
- Identifiers
- mathematical analysis of transient state conduction problems; principles of formulation of protective creams
- Abstract
- This report is designed to serve as a guide for the chemist in the development and formulaiton of means of protection from thermal radiation flash burns. Included is a discussion of basic heat transfer principles with special emphasis on thermal radiation resulting from the explosion of an atomic bomb. Criteria are developed for predicting the degree of burn based on the maximum temperature reached at a particular depth beneath the surface of the skin. Equations are included whereby the temperature distribution in the protective material and skin can be calculated under various circumstances. For cases where heat loss from the exposed surface by reradiation can be neglected, simple charts are presented which permit a solution in a matter of minutes.