Intermediate-range explosion airblast propagations
Some modern rocket propellants may be accidentally detonated to cause an explosion airblast hazard to tens of kilometers range, depending on atmospheric acoustic refraction conditions. In a recent attempt to refine propagation predictions, airblasts were recorded from several hundred small explosions (2.3 kg to 1145 kg TNT) under intensively observed weather conditions, at both ESMC, Florida, and WSMC, California. Resultant correlations, between weather and airblast propagation strength, will be used to estimate accidental explosion airblast overpressures at surrounding communities, the expected damage to windows and other sensitive structural components, and the hazard to people from breaking and falling glass.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5898240
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-81-2425C; CONF-811134-1; ON: DE82002436
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force interagency propulsion committee meeting, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA, 17 Nov 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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