PROBE MEASUREMENTS OF UNDERWATER EXPLOSION BUBBLES (6-65, SCI).

Abstract

The report is an account of open-water testing of a prototype conductivity probe off the coast of San Clemente Island, California, using 300-pound charges of TNT. The measured maximum bubble radius was found to be about 17 feet and the measured first period about 570 milliseconds. Accelerometers mounted in the probe indicated that the displacement of the probe during the shot (i.e., during the first period of the bubble), was on the order of 1 foot along the axis of the probe. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0627536

Entities

People

  • Donald R. Bellows

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Bubbles
  • California
  • Conductivity
  • Displacement
  • Explosion Bubbles
  • Explosions
  • Measurement
  • Open Water
  • Prototypes
  • Underwater Explosions
  • Water

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Oceanography.