Explosive Excavation for Water Environment and Road Cut Applications,
Abstract
Since 1962 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with the Atomic Energy Commission on a joint program to develop nuclear explosive excavation technology. Until recently the Corps of Engineers portion of this program was the chemical explosive modeling of planned nuclear excavation tests, participation in the nuclear cratering experiments, and development of project designs and engineering and construction data. It became obvious during the conduct of this program that chemical explosive excavation with large charges has many advantages and that the development of chemical explosive excavation as an accepted cost-competitive construction technique will facilitate the acceptance of nuclear explosive excavation for larger projects. Therefore, the emphasis of the program of the Corps for the past three years has been on the use of chemical explosive excavation for Civil Works applications. The technique has been demonstrated on a water conveyance channel in clay shale, a harbor in coral overlain with water, three railroad cuts in a sandstone and shale medium, breaching of a sandbar, and a sidehill road cut excavation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 15, 1972
- Accession Number
- ADA027404
Entities
People
- Robert L. Lafrenz