Accession Number:

AD0672056

Title:

EXPLOSIONS IN SNOW

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

BARODYNAMICS INC GEORGETOWN CO

Personal Author(s):

• Livingston, Clifton W.

Report Date:

1968-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

138.0

Abstract:

Tables, curves, equations, and example problems presented in the report make it possible, within the range of the experiments, to accurately predict any desired dimensions of the limit of complete rupture.

Descriptors:

• *SNOW
• GREENLAND
• TERRAIN
• CRATERING
• ROCK
• RUPTURE
• EXPLOSION EFFECTS
• FRACTURE(MECHANICS)
• GASES
• SOILS
• BRITTLENESS
• ICE
• SURFACE PROPERTIES
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• PRESSURE
• FAILURE(MECHANICS)
• BLAST
• SEISMOLOGY
• CRATERS
• COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES
• GLACIERS
• DENSITY
• OVERPRESSURE

Subject Categories:

• Snow, Ice and Permafrost
• Explosions

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE