Document Details
Title:
Why must deeply buried hardened structures be in hard rock?
Author(s):
Merritt, M. (Sandia Corporation)
Subject Terms:
Structures, Hardened; Weapon Effects
Addressee:
Lewis, J. (Defense Atomic Support Agency)
Document Location:
U. S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, P. O. Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM, 87185-5400, Elva Barfield, 505-845-4370, 505-845-5662
Document Categories:
Nuclear Weapons and Related Technology\Nuclear Weapons Effects
Document Type:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1964 Apr 14
Declassification Date:
1995 Feb 08
Document Pages:
X
Accession Number:
ALSL2
Originating Research Org.:
Sandia Corporation
OpenNet Entry Date:
1995 Mar 10
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
Estimates of ground motion under surface and near-surface bursts are presented for alluvium and for granite. The implication is that a 25 fps structure need only be 2500 feet deep in alluvium, but 5700 feet deep in rock.