Project Pre-Gondola 3. Phase 2. Microbarograph Measurements

Abstract

Four microbarograph stations recorded waves at a range of approximately 130 mi from a row charge of high explosives buried near optimum cratering depth. Comparison with propagations from three airburst calibration detonations showed that a source model derived from close-in data was appropriate for distant effects predictions. This model predicted that wave amplitudes from explosives at this scaled depth would be 20% of amplitudes expected for a free air burst. All amplitudes perpendicular to a row charge are proportional to the 0.7 power of the number of charges in the row.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0741359

Entities

People

  • Jack W. Reed

Organizations

  • Sandia National Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Amplitude
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Boundary Layer
  • Calibration
  • Cratering
  • Databases
  • Ecology
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Height Of Burst
  • High Altitude
  • Measurement
  • Sea Level
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Troposphere

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Seismology