Title:
PROJECT 1.2, SHOAL SURFACE MOTION MEASUREMENT NEAR SOURCE ( VELA UNIFORM, PROJECT SHOAL, FALLON, NEVADA, OCTOBER 26, 1963 ) ( FINAL REPORT MARCH, 1964; ISSUANCE DATE: MAY 6, 1965 )
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:
1965 May 06
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Accession Number:
NV0068308
Document Number(s):
VUF2002
Originating Research Org.:
SANDIA LABORATORIES (NOW SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATOR
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
SUCCESSFUL MEASUREMENTS OF SURFACE MOTION WERE MADE ON SHOAL AT HORIZONTAL RANGES BETWEEN 300 AND 4775 FEET. THESE MEASUREMENTS CONSISTED OF ACCELERATIONS, VELOCITIES, AND AT LARGE DISTANCES, SOME RELATIVE DISPLACEMENTS. A DEFINITE SPALLING EFFECT WAS INDICATED; THIS EFFECT WAS LESS AT VERY CLOSE-IN STATIONS THAN IT WAS FURTHER OUT. WHEN SCALED BY CUBE ROOT SCALING AND COMPARED WITH SCALED RESULTS FROM HARD HAT, THE SIGNALS FROM SHOAL PROVED SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN THOSE FROM HARD HAT. THIS EFFECT MAY HAVE BEEN COUSED BY EXTENSIVE FAULTING AT THE SHOAL SITE.