HYDRA PROGRAM - THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF ENERGY PARTITION OF SELECTED UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVES

Abstract

A summary is presented of the derivation of the equation of motion of the bubble due to an underwater spherical explosion. Migration and surface effects are included. The formulae for the first maximum radius and the first oscillation period, including surface effects, are given. The energy partition of three explosives, Pentolite, RDX Alum (50/50), and 2H2O2 are calculated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 28, 1963
Accession Number
AD0426763

Entities

People

  • M. Kaltwasser

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Energy
  • Engineers
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Geological Surveys
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Military Operations
  • Model Basins
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Two Dimensional
  • Underwater Explosions
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Explosive Engineering.