Preliminary design specifications for the compact weapon effects display system

摘要

This report provides preliminary design and specification information to fabricate a compact Weapons Effects Display System. The system is capable of calculating and displaying the effects of thermal flux, radiation, and blast pressure from a nuclear weapon. EG&G was asked to evaluate analog computer logic of an existing Weapons Effects Display System (WEDS), make the necessary changes and develop preliminary specifications to fabricate a more compacted system. Also included was to design any new circuits required to make the system more accurate, and design new circuits to provide additional features as specified by LRL. The WEDS consists of an analog computer to compute the effects of thermal flux, radiation and blast; a display system for displaying the pertinent digital information; and a map display system for presenting certain information on a map. The weapon effects are represented by equations taken from ''The Effects of Nuclear Weapons,'' by S. Glasstone, other nuclear weapon effects documents, and from individuals working in the nuclear weapon field. These equations are solved with the use of an analog computer. The equation results, along with pertinent input information, are displayed on a digital readout panel and as an overlay on a map display system. The compact WEDS will allow the operator to set into the computer certain weapon data such as yield, height of burst, distance from ground zero and weapon type. Without the use of charts or tables the operator will be able to observe both digital data and map displayed data representing the effects of a nuclear weapon. (ERA citation 19:025731)