ICE-BREAKING BY EXPLOSIVES

Data are reported on the sizes of clearings broken in a lake ice sheet 20 to 30 inches thick, as a result of each of 45 explosions. The charge weights varied from 1 to 42 lbs, and the charge positions varied from 20 ft below to 2 ft above the ice layer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barash, Robert M.
Other Authors: NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*ICE
EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSIVES
EXPLOSION EFFECTS
PACK ICE
NAVAL OPERATIONS
LAKES
ARCTIC REGIONS
EXPLOSIVE CHARGES
ICE-BREAKING
Arctic
Ice
Ice Sheet
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0807900
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0807900
Description
Summary:Data are reported on the sizes of clearings broken in a lake ice sheet 20 to 30 inches thick, as a result of each of 45 explosions. The charge weights varied from 1 to 42 lbs, and the charge positions varied from 20 ft below to 2 ft above the ice layer.

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