Explosion and earthquake source discrimination. Technical progress report 1 Apr 81-1 Apr 82

Technical Report · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6589705

Stump, B W; Reinke, R E

This report summarizes work accomplished by the Air Force Weapons Laboratory during the period May 1981 to April 1982. The purpose of this work has been to focus on seismic source characterizations of explosive sources. Specifically, we have investigated the usefulness of the moment tensor representation in modeling near-field recordings of contained nuclear explosions. Extension of the source representation to surface explosions utilizing the zeroth order moment has also been accomplished. In an attempt to investigate the possibility of using small scale high-explosive tests in studying source characterization problems, a 256-pound fully contained chemical explosion was instrumented and detonated. A preliminary data report is included while data analysis is ongoing. Further studies of small scale surface and buried chemical explosions are outlined. Reflectivity modeling of the observational data was attempted.

• Research Organization: Air Force Weapons Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6589705
• Report Number(s): AD-A-119286/3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450300* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Nuclear Explosion Detection
DETECTION
EARTHQUAKES
EXPLOSIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DETECTION
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
SEISMIC DETECTION
SEISMIC EVENTS
SEISMOLOGY
TENSORS
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS