FAR FIELD CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUND SHOCK INDUCED BY EXPLOSIONS

Abstract

General formulae for the ground motions from an explosion source were derived and their results compared with high explosive and nuclear weapons test data. The comparisons show reasonably good agreement may be obtained by using a simple elastic description for the earth as long as the explosion is properly modeled.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0713521

Entities

People

  • A. Sakurai
  • J. L. Drake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Economic Development
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Far Field
  • Ground Shock
  • High Explosives
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Shock
  • Surface Burst
  • Waveforms
  • Waves
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Explosive Engineering.