Project Pre-Schooner II: Air-Blast Measurements,
Abstract
Air blast resulting from detonation of 85.5 tons of nitromethane buried 71 feet in rhyolite rock was measured close-in, both along the ground and in a vertical field above the explosion, and also at long distances from the explosion. Close-in-air-blast wave forms consisted of two positive pulses, the first induced by the ground shock and the second, larger, pulse from venting gas. Measured ground-shock-induced peak overpressures were larger than anticipated. A tentative overpressure and energy distribution in the field above the explosion was derived. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0735652
Entities
People
- Jack W. Reed
- Luke J. Vortman