Hand calculator programs for weapons effects analyses: the physical vulnerability system

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The physical vulnerability system for evaluating probable damage from a nuclear blast has received wide acceptance because it is a simple but general system applicable to a wide variety of target classes. A series of hand-calculator programs using this system that permit equally accurate but faster calculations than the conventional handbook method are described. The programs cover various interrelationships among peak overpressures, peak dynamic pressures, vulnerability numbers, weapons radii, and kill probability. The use of a programmable calculator greatly reduces the chance of operator error by eliminating individual hand calculations and graphical determinations of parameter values.

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Culler, V. E. August 3, 1976.

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The physical vulnerability system for evaluating probable damage from a nuclear blast has received wide acceptance because it is a simple but general system applicable to a wide variety of target classes. A series of hand-calculator programs using this system that permit equally accurate but faster calculations than the conventional handbook method are described. The programs cover various interrelationships among peak overpressures, peak dynamic pressures, vulnerability numbers, weapons radii, and kill probability. The use of a programmable calculator greatly reduces the chance of operator error by eliminating individual hand calculations and graphical determinations of parameter values.

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Culler, V. E. Hand calculator programs for weapons effects analyses: the physical vulnerability system, report, August 3, 1976; Livermore, California. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1443349/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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