Document Details
Title:
RESPONSE OF DUAL - PURPOSE REINFORCED - CONCRETE MASS SHELTER, PROJECT 30.2, OPERATION PLUMBBOB
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
PLUMBBOB OPERATION; PERSONNEL; PRISCILLA EVENT; SOILS; SAMPLING; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM DOSEMETERS; RADIATION MONITORING
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1962 Sep 15
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0134
Accession Number:
NV0014739
Document Number(s):
WT1449
Originating Research Org.:
CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
PROJECT 30.2 WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST A REINFORCED-CONCRETE DUAL-PURPOSE UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE AND PERSONNEL SHELTER DESIGNED FOR A LONG-D URATION INCIDENT PRESSURE OF 40 PSI. THE SHELTER WAS EXPOSED TO SHOT P RICILLA, AN APPROXIMATELY 37-KT 700-FT BALLON BURST ( JUNE 24, 1957 ), AT A GROUND RANGE OF 1600 FT ( PREDICTED 35-PSI PEAK INCIDENT-PRESSURE LEVEL). THE RECORDED PEAK INCIDENT PRESSURE AT THE SHELTER WAS APPROXI MATELY 39 PSI. POSTSHOT SOIL BORINGS WERE MADE TO OBTAIN UNDISTRUBED S AMPLES FOR DETERMINING SOIL CHARACTERISTICS. PRESHOT AND POSTSHOT SOIL FIELD SURVEYS WERE MADE TO DETERMINE THE TOTAL LATERAL AND VERTICAL DI SPLACEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE. BLAST INSTRUMENTATION CONSISTED OF WIANCK O PRESSURE GAUGES, CARLSON EARTH-PRESSURE GAGUGES, DYNAMIC-PRESSURE GA UGE. STRUCTURAL RESPONSE WAS RECORDED BY BALLISTIC RESEARCH LABORATORI ES DEFLECTION GAUGES. RADIATION MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN USING FILM DOS IMETERS, AND ONE GAMMA-RATE TELEMETERING UNIT.