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Title: Mabs monograph, air blast instrumentation, 1943-1993 measurement techniques and instrumentation. Volume 1. The nuclear era. 1945-1963. Technical report, 17 September 1992-31 May 1994

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:166902

Blast wave measurement techniques and instrumentation developed by Military Applications of Blast Simulators (MABS) participating countries to study blast phenomena during the nuclear era are summarized. Passive and active gages both mechanical self-recording and electronic systems deployed on kiloton and megaton explosive tests during the period 1945-1963 are presented. The country and the year the gage was introduced are included with the description. References are also provided. Volume 2 covers measurement techniques and instrumentation for the period 1959-1993 and Volume 3 covers structural target and gage calibration from 1943 to 1993.

Research Organization:
Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
OSTI ID:
166902
Report Number(s):
AD-A-297743/7/XAB; CNN: Contract DNA001-92-C-0144; TRN: 53521176
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Mar 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English