Far-field overpressure blast effects analysis.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) (1) Prior to the day of the operation, accounting for all foreseeable conditions within the flight commit criteria; or (2) During the countdown using the best available input data, including flight commit criteria and flight abort rules. (b) (1) The explosive capability of the vehicle and hazardous debris at impact and at altitude; (2) The potential influence of meteorological conditions and terrain characteristics; and (3) The potential for broken windows due to peak incident overpressures below 1.0 psi and related casualties based on the characteristics of exposed windows and the population's susceptibility to injury, with considerations including, at a minimum, shelter types, window types, and the time of day of the proposed operation. (c) (1) A description of the population centers, terrain, building types, and window characteristics used as input to the far-field overpressure analysis; (2) A description of the methods used to compute the foreseeable explosive yield probability pairs, and the complete set of yield-probability pairs, used as input to the far-field overpressure analysis; (3) A description of the methods used to compute peak incident overpressures as a function of distance from the explosion and prevailing meteorological conditions, including sample calculations for a representative range of the foreseeable meteorological conditions, yields, and population center locations; (4) A description of the methods used to compute the probability of window breaka

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 450.137