Project Pre-Gondola III. Phase II. Summary Report: Connecting Row-Crater Experiment,

Abstract

Project Pre-Gondola III Phase II was a row-crater experiment conducted on 30 October 1968 by the U.S. Army Enginneer Nuclear Cratering Group at a site near Fort Peck, Montana. The primary experimental objective was to form a row-crater which would smoothly connect to the crater formed by a previous row-charge detonation, Pre-Gondola II. The row-charge consisted of seven 30-ton charges of nitromethane. These were emplaced in the clay-shald medium at depths averaging 53 ft with a typical horizontal spacing of 86 ft. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0735720

Entities

People

  • B. B. Redpath
  • B. D. Anderson
  • G. C. Steinhardt
  • J. B. Andrews
  • J. E. Lattery

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistics
  • Cratering
  • Craters
  • Detonations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Impact Point
  • Nitromethane
  • Terminal Ballistics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris