ESKIMO V Magazine Separation Test

Abstract

In an instrumented test conducted in August 1977 at the Naval Weapons Center, approximately 75,000 pounds (34, 000 kilograms) of trinitrotoluene (TNT) explosives were detonated. The explosives were contained in a hemisphere built of 9,376, 8-pound (3.6-kilogram) demolition blocks, and were detonated by means of an initiation system located at the center of the hemisphere. Principal objectives of the test were to justify removal of concrete thrust beams from an oval steel-arch igloo and to demonstrate the safety of applying current side-to- side separation distances to concrete-arch igloos which have never been tested at those distances. Additionally, the test demonstrated the greater safety of earth-covered storage as opposed to above-ground storage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA070918

Entities

People

  • Bill Finder
  • Frederick H. Weals

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Civil Engineering
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detonations
  • Engineers
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Structural Response
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Explosive Engineering.