A SCALE-MODEL EXPERIMENT OF THE CRATER PRODUCED THROUGH TERRAIN OF RANDOMLY VARYING ELEVATION BY ROW CHARGES. A Contribution to the Plowshare Program
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4774836
A scale-model experiment was made to check the application of charge spacing rules developed from earlier studies to terrain of randomly varying elevation. Since a prominent possible peacetime use of nuclear explosives is the excavation of a trans-Isthmian canal, the model used was a portion of such a route. The experiment resulted in nearly the desired linear crater dimensions; the spacing rules developed for level terrain give a satisfactory channel when applied to terrain with elevations varying in a random fashion. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, N. Mex.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(29-1)-789
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-001169
- OSTI ID:
- 4774836
- Report Number(s):
- SC-4735(RR)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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