PROJECT ZULU II: LABORATORY-SCALE ROW-CHARGE CRATERING SERIES.

Abstract

Sixteen row-charge cratering experiments using 1-pound charges of C-4 were conducted by the U. S. Army Nuclear Cratering Group at the University of California Lawrence Radiation Laboratory's Site 300. The cratering medium used for these experiments was a carefully controlled, moist, compacted sand. The purpose of these experiments was to investigate the formation phenomenology and crater geometry of a single row of explosive charges. The spacing between individual charges within the row, the depth of burst of the charges, and the row-connection designs were varied to evaluate the effect of these parameters on the resulting row crater configuration. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0681941

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  • Michael A. Novak

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  • Buildings And Structures
  • California
  • Cratering
  • Craters
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radiation
  • Research Facilities
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  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.

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  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris