ESKIMO I Magazine Separation Test

In a fully instrumented test in December 1971 at China Lake, Calif., 200,000 lb of TNT explosive contained in 155-mm projectiles were detonated simultaneously in an earth-covered magazine surrounded by four earth-covered igloos placed at various distances from the donor magazine. The principal objec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weals, Frederick H
Other Authors: NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER CHINA LAKE CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
Ammunition and Explosives
*AMMUNITION
AMMUNITION FRAGMENTS
BLAST
BUILDINGS
CARTRIDGES
CONCRETE
CONTAINERS
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
DETONATIONS
DISTRIBUTION
DOORS
EXPLOSIONS
HAZARDS
MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY
PRESSURE
SEPARATION
STEEL
STORAGE
TNT
UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES
155-mm cartridges
*eskimo 1 operation
eskimo(explosive safety knowledge improvement operation)
*explosive safety knowledge improvement operation
*magazines(ordnance)
m-101 cartridges(155-mm)
overpressure
eskimo*
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0909522
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0909522
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Summary:In a fully instrumented test in December 1971 at China Lake, Calif., 200,000 lb of TNT explosive contained in 155-mm projectiles were detonated simultaneously in an earth-covered magazine surrounded by four earth-covered igloos placed at various distances from the donor magazine. The principal objective was to evaluate magazine spacing. Based on data from this and previous tests, the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board reduced the separation distances for earth-covered steel-arch magazines to 2.0 X W to the 1/3 power for face-to-rear orientations and 2.75 X W to the 1/3 power for face-to-side orientations. The report contains data on fragment sizes and distribution, igloo damage and structural motion, and blast pressures at the site.

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