SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/20 - [Note on blast pressure levels to kill or cause injury, OEMU, 29/9/43]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/20

Level of description

Item

Title

[Note on blast pressure levels to kill or cause injury, OEMU, 29/9/43]

Date/s

1943

Subject

Explosions -- Physiological effect

Creator

Oxford Extra-Mural Unit

Scope and content

Includes figures which indicate the distance someone must be from a bomb to receive certain injuries, or to be killed. The relative size of the bomb is taken into account. The shock wave on the body wall is discussed as well as the outward displacement of air by the expanding gases of the explosion.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
    - SZ/OEMU/2/8 - [Experimental work enquiries and correspondence, 1941-1945]
      - SZ/OEMU/2/8/2 - [Experimental work enquiry replies: Ring-binder 1, 1941-1945]
        SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/20 - [Note on blast pressure levels to kill or cause injury, OEMU, 29/9/43]

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