Penetration and Deceleration of 25,000-lb. Bombs in Massive Concrete Targets

Abstract

This report presents data from Project Harken, which included tests of two new American bombs, the 25,000-lb. T28E1 (Amazon II) and the 25,200-lb. T28E2 (Samson), against a massive concrete target. These tests showed that both bombs were capable of withstanding impact on such targets with striking velocities up to at least 1100 ft/sec. Those bombs recovered after penetration were intact and undeformed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1949
Accession Number
AD0376934

Entities

People

  • William H. Bentz

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Attachment
  • Bomb Trajectories
  • Cameras
  • Compressive Strength
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Deceleration
  • Diameters
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Projectiles
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Security
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • ballistics.