ICE-BREAKING BY EXPLOSIVES

Abstract

Data are reported on the sizes of clearings broken in a lake ice sheet 20 to 30 inches thick, as a result of each of 45 explosions. The charge weights varied from 1 to 42 lbs, and the charge positions varied from 20 ft below to 2 ft above the ice layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 06, 1966
Accession Number
AD0807900

Entities

People

  • Robert M. Barash

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Classification
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Engineering
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fresh Water Ice
  • Glaciers
  • Ice
  • Maryland
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Research Facilities
  • Shock Waves
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies