Air Blast Studies of Large Ammonium Nitrate/Fuel Oil Explosions

Abstract

Air blast was measured from the detonation of three hemispherical ammonium nitrate fuel oil charges of 20 ton and 100 ton magnitude. Strain-type pressure transducers with magnetic tape recording systems were used to record the air blast parameters over the moderate to high pressure region. Comparison made with hemispherical TNT data shows an effective weight 0.83 of TNT on the basis of overpressure measurements in the 200 to 30 psi region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0875089

Entities

People

  • Louis Giglio-tos
  • Ralph E. Reisler

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammonium Nitrate
  • Detonations
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Explosions
  • Fuel Oils
  • Fuels
  • High Pressure
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Materials
  • Overpressure
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Recording Systems
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Tape Recorders
  • Tape Recording
  • Transducers

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.