Preliminary Examination of Space-Vehicle Launch Facility Foundation Data.
Abstract
Analyses were made of pertinent data from seven reports of space-vehicle launchings, three prepared by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and four by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; Waterways Experiment Station field investigations of launch sites at Cape Canaveral, Florida; and a limited amount of appropriate literature by Richart et al. It is believed that the structure foundations will vibrate at relatively low frequencies because of the great masses involved. Results of wave velocity determinations indicated that wave velocities are of the magnitude of 1000 fps, and that the waves are probably Rayleigh and/or surface waves and not compression waves.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- ADA006528