STRUCTURAL RESPONSE OF TALL INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES TO AN UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR DETONATION

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Abstract:

Two tall refinery structures and an eight-story University womens dormitory structure were instrumented for measurement of response to ground motion generated by the Salmon event. The refinery is about 18 kilometers from Surface Zero the dormitory is about 30.8 kilometers. NGS 19L velocity meters were deployed at several levels on the refinery structures, and Sprengnether portable displacement meters were used on the top and bottom floors of the dormitory. Measured peak top level velocities in the two refinery structures were 7.31 centimeters per second in the taller TCC structure and 5.6 centimeters per second in the DIB tower, at periods of 0.19 seconds and 0.20 seconds respectively. Peak top floor displacement in the dormitory was 0.15 centimeters with a period of about 0.43 seconds. Blume observers reported a clearly perceptible motion in the dormitory, felt by uninformed persons on bottom and top floors. No official observers were present at the refinery but personnel working there also reported clearly perceptible motion.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
BLUME (JOHN A) AND ASSOCIATES SAN FRANCISCO CA RESEARCH DIV
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Supplementary Note:
Rept. on VELA Uniform Program; Salmon Event, Tatum Salt Dome, Miss., 22 Oct 1964.
Pagination:
0030

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
ARPA-VUF-1031
Project Number(s):
DRIBBLE
Monitor Series:
VUF-1031, AEC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5.6.3_Assess Achievement of Objectives; JCA_5.6_Monitor; JCA_6_Net Centric
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DAMAGE, *STRUCTURES, BUILDINGS, SEISMOLOGY, UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS, VELOCITY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Structural Engineering and Building Technology
Keyword(s):
DRIBBLE OPERATION, SALMON EVENT, VELA UNIFORM
Report Date:
1965 Aug 01