Quarrying with Nuclear Explosives.
Abstract
Studies of the phenomenology of crater formation have been conducted at Duke University for many years with emphasis on the problems of large-scale excavation. This report reviews the findings of those studies, but with emphasis on their relevance to the concept of quarrying with large-yield explosions at relatively deep burial depths. Some simple rules are established for correlation of small-scale events under sloped terrain to analogous events under level terrain. Analyses are made of known cratering experiments in basalt and granite using the author's 'incremental approach' as opposed to the conventional 'scaled depth' approach. The results of these analyses are applied to the analysis of a proposed nuclear quarrying event at a hypothetical site in a granitic medium. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0734332
Entities
People
- Aleksandar S. Vesic
Organizations
- Duke University