Indian Rocks Beach Experiment, January-March 2003
Abstract
An experiment to characterize subsequent (scour) mine burial was conducted in the winter of 2003 in water depth of 13 meters near Tampa Bay, Florida. Four NRL Acoustic Instrument Mines (AIMs), Six Forschungsanstalt der Bundeswehr fur Wasserschall- und Geophysik (FWG) Instrumented Mines and two each Inert Manta Mines, Rockan Mines and 500 lb bombs were placed on the seafloor and left for a period of approximately 64 days. The instrumented mines will provide temporal burial status the burial status of the inert assemblies was observed and noted by divers. This preliminary report includes the diver observed data upon recovery for each mine, the recorded orientation change for each FWG mine and for each AIM the recorded burial, orientation, water temperature, tide wave period and significant weight height.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 22, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA422065
Entities
People
- Conrad S. Kennedy
- Grant R. Bower
- Kevin B. Briggs
- Michael D. Richardson
- W. C. Vaughan
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory