Author: Donald R. RichmondPublisher:
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Category : Blast effect
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
One hundred and eighteen guinea pigs were exposed to air blast in shallow, deep, and deep-with-offset chambers mounted on a shock tube. The LD(50)- 24 hours, in terms of the incident shock pressures measured adjacent to the chambers, was calculated by probit analysis to be 34.9 psi, 19.5 psi, and 26.8 psi for animals in the shallow, deep, and deep-with-offset chambers, respectively. According to the LD(50) incident pressures, the shallow chambers offered the most protection against air blast; the deep chambers, the least. Comparing the LD(50)pressure dose at the animals' location revealed little difference in their tolerance to overpressure, per se; i.e., LD(50) reflected pressures measured by gauges within the deep and deep-with-offset chambers were 34.6 psi and 35.9 psi, respectively. The LD(50) incident shock pressure of 34.9 psi in the shallow chambers was considered to be the dose at the animal's location in that instance. The protection against blast provided by the three chambers and the response of animals to the particular pressure time patterns encountered are discussed.