Accession Number:

AD0742117

Title:

Overpressures Due to Earthquakes Project

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept. 15 Sep 1969-31 Mar 1972

Corporate Author:

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CA ADVANCED OCEAN ENGINEERING LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Nierenberg, William A.
• Bradner, Hugh
• Isaacs, John D.

Report Date:

1972-05-02

Pagination or Media Count:

27.0

Abstract:

A summary report reflects the technical status of a project conducted within the Advanced Ocean Engineering Laboratory at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The project is concerned with overpressures due to earthquakes, including a study of earthquakes and resultant overpressures as they effect ocean-going vehicles and sub-surface structures.

Descriptors:

• *EARTHQUAKES
• *SUBMARINES
• DEEP SUBMERGENCE
• HAZARDS
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• MOTION
• OCEAN BOTTOM
• PRESSURE
• SEISMIC WAVES

Subject Categories:

• Seismology
• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE