Overview
Description
This course examines the nuclear weapons effects generated by a nuclear detonation. It also offers students an opportunity to learn how to calculate the effects of a nuclear detonation.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain the blast and overpressure, thermal, and radiological effects of a nuclear detonation.
- describe the implications of conditions on nuclear weapons effects.
- summarize the effects of an electromagnetic pulse.
- calculate basic weapons effects.