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Author
Troxell, G. E. | Degenkolb, J. K. | Benuska, K. L. | Loya, B. R.
Title
Reusability of Buildings After a Warfire.
Coporate
Y.U. Lin and Associates, Van Nuys, CA
Sponsor
Office of Civil Defense, Washington, DC
Report
Final Report; OCD Work Unit 1157C
Janaury 1964
122 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Contract
OCD-OS-63-172
Keywords
civil defense | computer programs | evaluation | fire tests | building construction | combustibles | fire severity | exposure | fire load | walls | fire spread | damage | overpresure
Abstract
Under contract with the Office of Civil Defense, T.Y. Lin and Associates have prepared a computer program for the analysis of the effects of post nuclear attack fires on structures in terms of post attack usability. The preparation was divided into three phases: 1. A study of existing fire evaluation factors which may be applicable to fires resulting from nuclear attack. 2. Developing new evaluation factors for the fire effects peculiar to a nuclear attack including correlation of probable fire effects with blast effects. 3. Writing of the computer program.