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Title:
Technical Director's Concept for Project Sedan
Author(s):
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1962 May 18
Declassification Date:
1997 Oct 17
Accession Number:
NV0308707
Document Number(s):
UCRL-ID-129644
Originating Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
2019 Aug 22
OpenNet Modified Date:
2026 Aug 21
Description/Abstract:
The purpose of the experiment is to obtain the scaling exponent for yields in a range of 100 to 200 kt at somewhat greater than the optimum depth of burial and to determine exponential parameters applicable to the Megaton Range. Theory and empirical experience indicate that scaling laws for crater formation are variable depending upon the yield of the detonation. It has been shown that for small detonations, i.e one kt, crater parameters vary as the 1/3.4 power of the yield. Theory indicates that with larger detonations, scaling should gradually change to the 1/4 power. This difference in scaling could represent sizable differences in megaton crater sizes.