GROUND ACCELERATION, STRESS, AND STRAIN AT HIGH INCIDENT OVERPRESSURES

Abstract

Project 1.4 objectives were to measure under ground effects of a nuclear air burst (Shot Priscilla; 36.6 kt) as they vary with time, depth, and ground range, particularly in the region of high pressure; furnish, from the measurements, input data to other projects; and analyze these measurements with results of other tests. At 750 and 1,050 feet from ground zero, acceleration, stress, and strain measurements were made at several depths down through 50 feet, including two measurements each of horizontal acceleration and stress. At 450, 550, 650, 750, 850, 1,050, and 1,350 feet, vertical acceleration and stress were measured at 50-and 10-foot depths.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 1960
Accession Number
AD0491310

Entities

People

  • D. C. Sachs
  • F. M. Sauer
  • L. M. Swift

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Doppler Effect
  • Elastic Properties
  • Explosives
  • High Pressure
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Recording Systems
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Seismic Velocity
  • Strain Gages
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Travel Time
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.