Method for Predicting the Shape of Explosion-produced Craters
Title | Method for Predicting the Shape of Explosion-produced Craters PDF eBook |
Author | John N. Strange |
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Pages | 34 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Cratering |
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Nuclear Science Abstracts
Title | Nuclear Science Abstracts PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1684 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Nuclear energy |
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Plowshare
Title | Plowshare PDF eBook |
Author | Carl R. Gerber |
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Pages | 118 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Nuclear energy |
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Nuclear Science Abstracts
Title | Nuclear Science Abstracts PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1068 |
Release | 1972-04 |
Genre | Nuclear energy |
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Nuclear Explosion Services for Industrial Applications
Title | Nuclear Explosion Services for Industrial Applications PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy |
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Pages | 768 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Nuclear explosions |
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Considers H.R. 477 and identical H.R. 10288 and companion S. 1885, to amend the Atomic Energy Act to authorize AEC to provide peaceful nuclear explosives to commercial domestic and foreign concerns under an expanded Plowshare Program. Includes report "Nuclear Construction Engineering Technology" by Lt. Col. Bernard C. Hughes, Sept. 1968 (p. 447-629).
List of Publications of the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
Title | List of Publications of the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station PDF eBook |
Author | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station |
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Pages | 430 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Hydraulic engineering |
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A Study of Selected Rock Excavations as Related to Large Nuclear Craters
Title | A Study of Selected Rock Excavations as Related to Large Nuclear Craters PDF eBook |
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Pages | 180 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Nuclear excavation |
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Analogies between nuclear and conventional excavations are developed from a tabulation of data from 153 mine, quarry, roadway, and dam excavations. The following factors were used as the basis for tabulation of conventional excavation data: purpose, location, precipitation, temperature, ground water level, lithology, mass strength, structural pattern, slope plan, slope profile, depth of excavation, slope height, average inclination, and stability. It was found that average slope inclination tends to be greatest for hard material and for material lacking a well-developed structure, and that inclination tends to de- crease with increasing slope height for excavated slopes reported to be stable. The authors conclude that good analogies are to be found in shape, slope height, depth of excavation, and slope inclination. Loadings of waste material at the rim of some open pit mines may be analogous to ejecta on the lips of nuclear craters. Rubble zones found in some open pit mines may be analogous to the fallback zones of nuclear craters. Differences between preshot and postshot characteristics of cratered media must be appreciated in evaluating analogies between features of conventional excavations and preshot features of nuclear excavation sites. Brief descriptions of 21 selected excavations are presented in Appendix A. The results of this study serve as an aid to judgment of nuclear crater slope stability. Potential subjects for further study are identified.