Accession Number:

AD0773690

Title:

Predicting Community Response to Blast Noise

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB (ARMY) CHAMPAIGN IL

Personal Author(s):

• Schomer, Paul D.

Report Date:

1973-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

98.0

Abstract:

The report presents a preliminary method for predicting levels of annoyance from artillery or blast noise in the environs of a military base. The means are given to relate various artillery pieces to a TNT equivalent and to normalize the overpressure from detonating various quantities of TNT to the overpressure from the detonation of one pound of TNT. Buried charges and aboveground detonations are also considered. Various ways to predict probable blast overpressure and frequency spectrum as a function of distance are discussed.

Descriptors:

• *BLAST
• *COMMUNITY RELATIONS
• *EXPLOSIVES
• *NOISE POLLUTION
• *NOISE(SOUND)
• AIRBURST
• ARTILLERY FIRE
• ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• GROUND LEVEL
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• OVERPRESSURE
• UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE