LONG RANGE AIR-BLAST MEASUREMENTS AND INTERPRETATIONS

Abstract

Low-pressure air blast was measured for Project Danny Boy out to 240 km mainly in order to find the attenuation caused by the hard rock environment of the shot and to compare results with both nuclear and HE shots in other media. Nine microbarograph stations were operated. Various operational difficulties reduced the number of signal correlation points. Air-blast pressures, both close-in and far-out, were appreciably smaller than expected from experience with underground HE shots. Transmission factors will not be calculated until final radiochemical yield values for the shot are obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0452642

Entities

People

  • J. W. Reed

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Health Services
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Navy
  • Overpressure
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Radiosondes
  • Standards
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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