Blast Characteristics of 20 and 100 Ton Hemispherical AN/FO Charges

Blast Characteristics of 20 and 100 Ton Hemispherical AN/FO Charges

Two twenty-ton and one 100-ton hemispherical AN/FO (ammonium nitrate/ fuel oil) charges were detonated on the surface at the Defence Research Establishment, Suffield, Ralston, Alberta, Canada. The major results were: (1) AN/FO has been demonstrated to be a highly suitable explosion source for nuclea...

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Hauptverfasser: Sadwin, Lippe D, Swisdak, Michael M , Jr
Format: Report
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
Ammunition and Explosives
BLAST
BOOSTERS(EXPLOSIVES)
CANADA
COSTS
CRATERING
DETONATING CORD
DETONATIONS
EXPLOSIVE CHARGES
FUEL OIL
HARDENING
HIGH SPEED CAMERAS
NITRATES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PRAIRIE FLAT OPERATION
PRESSURE
PRIMERS
SAFETY
SHOCK WAVES
SIMULATION
THERMAL STABILITY
TNT
VULNERABILITY
WEIGHT
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Zusammenfassung:Two twenty-ton and one 100-ton hemispherical AN/FO (ammonium nitrate/ fuel oil) charges were detonated on the surface at the Defence Research Establishment, Suffield, Ralston, Alberta, Canada. The major results were: (1) AN/FO has been demonstrated to be a highly suitable explosion source for nuclear airblast simulation; (2) Over the 1-200 psi region, there was no significant difference in the pressure-distance characteristics between AN/FO and TNT; (3) The impulse characteristics of the AN/FO system were found to be slightly lower than those of TNT; (4) No self heating of AN/FO was observed; (5) Conventional cube root scaling applies for AN/FO over a 1000 range in explosive weight, once a charge weight of 200 pounds is exceeded.