Displacement Spectrum Measurements

Abstract

Twenty-one reed gages were installed for radial (horizontal) and vertical displacement shock spectrum measurements on the Hard Hat event. Thirteen gages were installed in the tunnel liner structures of Project 3.1. Seven gages were installed in the unlined access tunnel floor. One gage was installed on the surface at a radial distance of 1,340 feet from Hard Hat zero point. Damage in the drift nearest the detonation, although expected to be large, was so severe that the drift was not opened and gage recovery at that range was therefore impossible. Fifteen of the 21 gages installed were recovered and of these, 12 yielded usable records. The three gages which yielded no information were damaged by collapse or partial collapse of the tunnel and structures in which they were placed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 1963
Accession Number
AD0345027

Entities

People

  • F. A. Pieper
  • M. V. Barton
  • R. W. Sauer

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Canisters
  • Concrete
  • Department Of Defense
  • Displacement
  • Free Field
  • Frequency
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Shock Response Spectra
  • Spectra
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

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  • Explosive Engineering.