Excavation of a Qattara Canal in Egypt: two-dimensional nuclear cratering calculations
A series of single-charge nuclear cratering calculations were performed. Results from these calculations are being used in a study of the technical feasibility of the Qattara Project. The project would use nuclear explosives with yields ranging between about 200 and 1750 kilotons to excavate a canal about 73 km long connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the below sea-level Qattara Depression in northwestern Egypt. Computer simulations of explosive excavations were carried out at four locations near the proposed Qattara alignment. Holes were drilled in Egypt at these locations to depths of 372, 514, 632, and 701 m, respectively, to provide geophysical information needed to properly characterize each site for computer calculations. The calculated results for ground motion, particle velocity, and crater dimensions for these nuclear excavations are presented.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5614487
- Report Number(s):
- UCID-18535
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
450201* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives-- Containment
AFRICA
CAVITIES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CRATERING EXPLOSIONS
CRATERS
DATA
DATA FORMS
EGYPTIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
EXCAVATION
EXPLOSIONS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
GRAPHS
GROUND MOTION
INFORMATION
INLAND WATERWAYS
MOTION
NUCLEAR EXCAVATION
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLES
SIMULATION
THEORETICAL DATA
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS