Effects of Terrain on Blast Waves

Abstract

The results from a small charge model experiment based on real terrain are presented for various ground zero points. The model simulates a 125 kt weapon burst of a height of 300 m over the prototype terrain. A comparison is shown between the experimental blast waves and those predicted by currently used prediction methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA077117

Entities

People

  • George A. Coulter
  • George T. Watson
  • John H. Keefer
  • Vincent L. King

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter IED
  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Cameras
  • Detonations
  • Engineering
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Geography
  • High Speed Photography
  • Instrumentation
  • Models
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Terrain Models

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.