EFFECTS OF A 20-TON TNT EXPLOSION ON A SNOW COVER.

This study concerns the physical properties of the snow cover before and after a 20-ton TNT surface burst explosion, and airblast surface erosion caused by the explosion (Event 5 of Operation Distant Plain, at Suffield Experiment Station, Alberta, Canada). (Author)

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bates,Roy E., Hicks,James R.
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
ARCTIC REGIONS)
(*SNOW
NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DAMAGE)
TNT
SURFACE BURST
SHOCK WAVES
EROSION
DRIFT
DENSITY
HARDNESS
SIMULATION
DISTANT PLAIN OPERATION
Arctic
Canada
Suffield
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0696411
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0696411
Description
Summary:This study concerns the physical properties of the snow cover before and after a 20-ton TNT surface burst explosion, and airblast surface erosion caused by the explosion (Event 5 of Operation Distant Plain, at Suffield Experiment Station, Alberta, Canada). (Author)

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