AIR BLAST PARAMETERS VERSUS DISTANCE FOR HEMISPHERICAL TNT SURFACE BURSTS

Abstract

This report contains a presentation of the air blast parameters, peak overpressure, arrival time, positive duration and impulse versus scaled distances. The values of the parameters are derived from empirical measurements made on a series of tests sponsored under The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) i.e., Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. The measurements were made on 5-, 20-, 100- and 500-ton TNT surface bursts. The charges consisted of small TNT blocks stacked in the shape of a hemisphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0811673

Entities

People

  • Charles N. Kingery

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Consistency
  • Detonations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Ground Zero
  • Hemispheres
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Oscillators
  • Sea Level
  • Shock Waves
  • Surface Burst
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

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  • Explosive Engineering.
  • International Relations and European Studies