AB Blanket for Cities (for continual pleasant weather and protection from chemical, biological and radioactive weapons)

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel method to deploy a large inflatable AB Dome over cities using lightweight gas-filled sections assembled on the ground and transported by aircraft, providing weather and hazard protection.

Contribution

It introduces a new approach for covering complex urban areas with inflatable domes by using a double film blanket filled with light gases, enabling deployment over obstacles.

Findings

Feasibility of assembling the blanket on flat areas

Transport and connection of blanket sections by dirigible or helicopter

Application models for Manhattan and Moscow provided

Abstract

In a series of previous articles (see references) the author offered to cover a city or other important large installations or subregions by a transparent thin film supported by a small additional air overpressure under the form of an AB Dome. The building of a gigantic inflatable AB Dome over an empty flat surface is not difficult. However, if we want to cover a city, garden, forest or other obstacle course we cannot easily deploy the thin film over building or trees. In this article is suggested a new method which solves this problem. The idea is to design a double film blanket filled by light gas (for example, methane, hydrogen, or helium). Sections of this AB Blanket are lighter then air and fly in atmosphere. They can be made on a flat area (serving as an assembly area) and delivered by dirigible or helicopter to station at altitude over the city. Here they connect to the already assembled AB Blanket subassemblies, cover the city in an AB Dome and protect it from bad weather, chemical, biological and radioactive fallout or particulates. After finish of dome building the light gas can be changed by air. Two projects for Manhattan (NY, USA) and Moscow (Russia) are targets for a sample computation.