Accession Number:

AD0735669

Title:

Project Pre-Gondola I: Cratering Site Calibration Series. Close-In Ground Motion, Earth Stress, and Pore Pressure Measurements,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MISS

Personal Author(s):

• Day,J. D.
• Murrell,D. W.
• Sherman,W. C.

Report Date:

1967-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

127.0

Abstract:

The objectives of this project were to measure and analyze the particle velocities, soil stresses, and pore water pressures produced by detonation of 20 tons of nitromethane in saturated clay-shale. The ground range of primary interest was 85 to 375 feet from surface ground zero with most instruments placed at shot depth 46.3 feet. Author

Descriptors:

• (*SOIL MECHANICS
• MEASUREMENT)
• (*NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• SHALE)
• EXPLOSION EFFECTS
• SIMULATION
• CRATERING
• CALIBRATION
• INSTRUMENTATION
• STRESSES
• RECORDING SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Soil Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE