Tactical nuclear slide rule for a plurality of environments
US4310750A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06G1/0057
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A calculational aid is provided, in the form of a slide rule, to facilitate alculation of probable damage inflicted by a nuclear detonation. The particular apparatus permits calculation of any one or more of several damage-causing environments induced by nuclear detonations, and the consequential probability of damage resulting from such a detonation caused by the particularly calculated environment. Appropriate scales, properly spaced in particular relationships, are provided on a slide rule, thus providing a means for performing the calculational functions described above. Each of the possible environment-related damage calculations utilizes five parameters, and the present invention provides an apparatus for determining any one of the five parameters once the other four are known.
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