Single-charge craters excavated during subsurface high-explosive experiments at Big Black Test Site, Mississippi

Technical Report · Thu Oct 19 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6275698· OSTI ID:6275698

Woodruff, W. R.; Bryan, J. B.

Single-charge and row-charge subsurface cratering experiments were performed to learn how close-spacing enhances single-crater dimensions. Our first experimental phase established cratering curves for 60-lb charges of the chemical explosive. For the second phase, to be described in a subsequent report, the Row-cratering experiments were designed and executed. This data report contains excavated dimensions and auxiliary data for the single-charge cratering experiments. The dimensions for the row-charge experiments will be in the other report. Significant changes in the soil's water content appeared to cause a variability in the excavated dimensions. This variability clouded the interpretation and application of the cratering curves obtained.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6275698
• Report Number(s): UCRL-52591
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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