The Influence of Clay and Water in Rocks on Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions.

Abstract

This report describes a series of spherically symmetric calculations of the ground motions due to underground nuclear tests located in Nevada Test Site rocks of different clay and water contents. In particular, calculations of the Baneberry event, believed to be located in a rock of unusually high clay and water content, are compared with calculations for more typical NTS rocks. The Baneberry medium is thought to have considerably lower shear strength due to the abnormal clay and water contents. Calculations with these lower strengths showed far lower residual stress fields when compared to calculations for other media. A discussion of the relevance of these calculational results to containment is presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049220

Entities

People

  • Norton Rimer

Organizations

  • Utility Systems Science and Software (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulk Modulus
  • Department Of Defense
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Figure Of Merit
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Phase Transformations
  • Porous Materials
  • Residual Stress
  • Residuals
  • Shear Modulus
  • Shear Strength
  • Stresses
  • Yield Strength

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.