Maximum Missile Ranges from Surface and Buried Explosions

Abstract

The ballistic boundaries, or maximum ranges of ejected material, for many applicable surface and buried explosions are summarized and scaling expressions are derived which will be helpful in predicting the ballistic boundaries for explosions of other energies. In establishing safety zones it is advisable to multiply predicted boundaries by a factor of 1.5 to 2.0, because of a finite probability that the boundaries observed for a limited number of events will be exceeded if more shots are fired.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1967
Accession Number
ADA396331

Entities

People

  • L. J. Vortman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Contractors
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Explosives Detection
  • New Mexico
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Shock
  • Surface Burst
  • Trajectories
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.