WATER-WAVE MEASUREMENTS

Abstract

The objectives were to study wave generation mechanisms for two underwater shots, Wahoo and Umbrella, and to examine the terminal effects of these waves by inundation studies. These studies were to be integrated with the results of previous nuclear explosions under related geometries to the end that rational prediction might be made of the water waves resulting from future nuclear explosions. Results of Wahoo have been deduced primarily from a photographic record of the motion of a deep-moored floating station (coracle) supplemented by pieces of information from other incomplete records. The piecing together of the data allowed a reasonably reliable extrapolation to the first node of the wave envelope for a deep water record at 4500 ft range from surface zero.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 23, 1961
Accession Number
AD0360625

Entities

People

  • Lewis W. Kidd
  • Rockne H. Johnson

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Base Lines
  • Cameras
  • Deep Water
  • Energy
  • Explosions
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Oceans
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Shallow Water
  • Surface Zero
  • Two Dimensional
  • Water Waves

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.