BASE SURGE ANALYSIS FOR NUCLEAR TESTS
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4180701
Base surge and related phenomena produced by the underground burst are presented and compared with TNT results. Empirical formulas which show the effect of change weight on the column and jet are listed, and a method of scaling base surge flow for various change weights and depths is presented. Data on the underground burst indicate that column size can be predicted on the basis of TNT measurements but that overall cloud heights do not scale because of the thermal energy of the fireball. Froude scaling of the Jangle base surge data shows a slower rate of growth and a smaller extent than the surges formed by scaled TNT explosions. A method is presented for predicting the rate of growth and maximum extent of base surges formed by atomic weapons with different energies than the Jangle underground Burst, but scaled to the same depth. The cloud phenomena formed by the surface burst are described briefly and compared with TNT results. (D.L.C.)
- Research Organization:
- Naval Ordnance Lab., White Oak, Md.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-021202
- OSTI ID:
- 4180701
- Report Number(s):
- WT-390
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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