Accession Number:

AD0707084

Title:

PRESSURE EQUILIBRATION AROUND EJECTA IN A NUCLEAR SURFACE BURST.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

APPLIED THEORY INC SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Trulio, John G.
• Glenn, Lewis A.

Report Date:

1970-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

53.0

Abstract:

In order to simulate the equilibration of air blast overpressure around an ascent ejecta fragment in a nuclear surface burst, calculations were made of impulsive viscous flow of a polytropic gas into an L-shaped crack. Author

Descriptors:

• *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• *PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES
• SURFACE BURST
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• VELOCITY
• DEBRIS
• PRESSURE
• AIRBURST
• CRACKS

Subject Categories:

• Nuclear Weapons

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE