Underwater Pressure Measurements at Mono Lake, California - 1969

Abstract

The 1969 Mono Lake experimental program was designed primarily to study the air blast from shallow underwater explosions of charges weighing five tons or more. This report documents the mapping of the underwater pressure field, which was done in support of the air blast effort. The underwater instrumentation was designed to measure secondary pressures due to bulk cavitation phenomena, as well as direct shock waves. The present theory of bulk cavitation was found inadequate for the relatively shallow Mono Lake test geometries. In addition, it appears that the underwater data have unique features that resulted from the unusual lake environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 29, 1970
Accession Number
AD0876038

Entities

People

  • Joel B. Gaspin

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineering
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Instrumentation
  • Maryland
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Navy
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Recording Systems
  • Security
  • Shock Waves
  • United States
  • Weapons

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  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.