Analysis of Ground Motion Data and Prediction Techniques from the Pre- DICE THROW II Events

Abstract

Twenty-five experimenters and support agencies participated in the pre-DICE THROW II program. This program consisted of two HE events, one using a 100-ton surface-tangent sphere of TNT and the other a 120-ton surface-tangent domed cylinder of bagged ANFO. The purpose of this report is to compare certain aspects of the ground-motion data with the predictions made of these aspects before the tests. Four agencies were charged with providing predictions: Air Force Weapons Laboratory; Waterways Experiment Station R and D Associates and Field Command, DNA. This report consists of seven chapters, which include: A brief description of the initiation of ground motion under a high-explosive detonation ground-motion transducers, canisters, grout and prediction methods; summaries of the data from Events 1 and 2 and comparisons of these with the predictions; analysis and authors' conclusions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048003

Entities

People

  • Bruce P. Loring
  • Craig C. Hudson
  • Gerald L. E. Perry

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detonations
  • Engineering
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transducers
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.