Preliminary Report on Project Gas Explosive Simulation Technique
Abstract
The Air Force Weapons Laboratory (AFWL) fielded a series of experiments to simulate low-altitude nuclear fireball phenomenology. Thirty-two-foot diameter gas containers were filled with a near-stoichiometric mixture of CH4 and O2 and were detonated with yields equivalent to approximately 1500 pounds of TNT. The Reynolds number describing the motion of the resulting hot gases was high enough so that the motion of the gases was dynamically similar to that in a nuclear fireball.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA003388
Entities
People
- Daniel A. Matuska
- Robert A. Bigoni
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory