Accession Number:

AD0607645

Title:

CLOSE-IN TIME-OF-ARRIVAL MEASUREMENTS FOR YIELD OF UNDERGROUND RAINIER SHOT,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

IIT RESEARCH INST CHICAGO ILL

Personal Author(s):

• ANDERSON,D. C.
• Porzel,F. B.

Report Date:

1959-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

232.0

Abstract:

The main objectives were as follows 1 To furnish a best estimate of the total energy release from the detonation 2 To determine the energy partition which occurs at the various interfaces 3 To determine the hydrodynamic variables which contribute to an understanding of the phenomenology of the underground explosion. The raw data obtained are presented.

Descriptors:

• *SHOCK WAVES
• UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• MEASUREMENT
• THERMAL RADIATION
• EXPLOSION EFFECTS
• DOPPLER SYSTEMS
• TEST METHODS
• PRESSURE SWITCHES
• RECORDING SYSTEMS
• VELOCITY

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE