SOILS SURVEY

Abstract

A soils survey was conducted in Frenchman Flat at the Nevada Test Site for the Small Boy Event to provide instrumentation holes and data on the physical characteristics of the subsurface soils and backfill materials for Program 1 and Program 3 projects. Field and laboratory tests were conducted to determine the water content, gradation, density, and strength of the natural soils and the water content and density of compacted soils used for backfilling. Drilling and testing procedures used in conducting the survey and the results obtained are presented in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 04, 1963
Accession Number
AD0422265

Entities

People

  • A. L. Mathews
  • T. B. Goode

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backfills
  • Classification
  • Compression
  • Diameters
  • Drilling
  • Drills
  • Field Tests
  • Instrumentation
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Materials
  • Moisture Content
  • Navies (Foreign)
  • Phase
  • Physical Properties
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Stresses
  • Three Dimensional

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  • Geotechnical Engineering.