Project Pre-Gondola I

Abstract

This report presents the concepts, technical programs, objectives, and summarized results of Project Pre Gondola I, a series of four 20-ton high explosive cratering experiments conducted during October-November 1966, near Fort Peck, Montana. The experiments established the cratering characteristics of the weak, wet, clay-shale (Bearpaw) preparatory to row-charge cratering experiments. The results were used in the design of the 140-ton Pre-Gondola II row-charge crate ring experiment detonated on 28 June 1967. The site medium, project layout, construction, field operations, and explosive charge design and emplacement are described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1968
Accession Number
ADA382253

Entities

People

  • Maurice K. Kurtz
  • P. R. Fisher
  • R. W. Harlan
  • W. C. Day
  • W. G. Christopher

Organizations

  • United States Atomic Energy Commission

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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • High Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
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  • Photography
  • Piezometers
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement

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