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Title: Radiation and propagation of short acoustical pulses from underground explosions

Abstract

Radiation and propagation of short acoustical pulses from underground nuclear explosions were analyzed. The cone of more intense radiation is defined by the ratio of sound speeds in the ground and air. The pressure history of the radiated pulse is a function of the vertical ground-motion history, the range, the burial depth, and the velocity of longitudinal seismic waves. The analysis of short-pulse propagation employed an N-wave model with and without enegy conservation. Short pulses with initial wave lengths less than 100 m are severely attenuated by the energy loss in shocks and viscous losses in the wave interior. The methods developed in this study should be useful for system analysis.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5076265
Report Number(s):
SAND-82-0754
ON: DE82020415
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-76DP00789
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; SOUND WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRESSURE GRADIENTS; THEORETICAL DATA; DATA; EXPLOSIONS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; 450200* - Military Technology, Weaponry, & National Defense- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives

Citation Formats

Banister, J R. Radiation and propagation of short acoustical pulses from underground explosions. United States: N. p., 1982. Web.
Banister, J R. Radiation and propagation of short acoustical pulses from underground explosions. United States.
Banister, J R. 1982. "Radiation and propagation of short acoustical pulses from underground explosions". United States.
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abstractNote = {Radiation and propagation of short acoustical pulses from underground nuclear explosions were analyzed. The cone of more intense radiation is defined by the ratio of sound speeds in the ground and air. The pressure history of the radiated pulse is a function of the vertical ground-motion history, the range, the burial depth, and the velocity of longitudinal seismic waves. The analysis of short-pulse propagation employed an N-wave model with and without enegy conservation. Short pulses with initial wave lengths less than 100 m are severely attenuated by the energy loss in shocks and viscous losses in the wave interior. The methods developed in this study should be useful for system analysis.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982},
month = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982}
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