Title:
OPERATION REDWING - PROJECT 1.10: BLAST OVER VEGETATED AND CLEARED AREAS (DELETED)
Subject Terms:
REDWING PROJECT; BLAST EFFECTS; SHOCK WAVES; INCA EVENT; MEASURING METHODS
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
Publication Date:
1959 Jun 24
Declassification Status:
Sanitized
Accession Number:
NV0051076
Document Number(s):
WT1309EX
Originating Research Org.:
SANDIA LABORATORY, SANDIA, NM
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE IN BLAST EFFECTS OV ER A SURFACE COVERED WITH LOW SHRUBS AND GRASS AND OVER A CLEARED SAND Y SURFACE IN THE PRECURSOR REGION, AND AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CORRELAT E THIS DIFFERENCE WITH MEASUREMENTS OF PRESHOCK SOUND SPEED OVER THE S URFACE. OVERPRESSURE WAS MEASURED WITH GROUND-BAFFLE GAGES AND WITH P ITOT-STATIC GAGES AT 3-FOOT ELEVATION. DYNAMIC PRESSURES WERE MEASURE D AT THE 3-FOOT ELEVATION WITH THE PITOT-STATIC GAGES. MEASUREMENTS W ERE MADE AT THE SAME GROUND RANGES FOR VEGETATED SURFACE AS FOR THE SA NDY SURFACE. THE VEGETATION REDUCED THE SEVERITY OF THE PRECURSOR, SH OWING LATER ARRIVAL TIMES AND SMALLER DYNAMIC PRESSURES THAN OVER THE CLEARED AREA. THE OVERPRESSURES OVER THE VEGETATION WERE THE SAME AT THE GROUND AND 3-FOOT LEVELS. NO MEASUREMENTS OF SOUND SPEED AFTER ZE RO TIME WERE OBTAINED, SO A CORRELATION IS NOT POSSIBLE.