High-Explosive Cratering a Frozen and Unfrozen Soils in Alaska

• Main Author: Smith, North
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Ammunition and Explosives; *ALASKA; *CRATERING; *EXPLOSIVE CHARGES; *TUNDRA; ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS; BURIED OBJECTS; CRATERS; FREEZING; MOISTURE CONTENT; OPTIMIZATION; PERMAFROST; SHALLOW DEPTH; SILT; SOILS; TEST METHODS; THAWING; WEIGHT; HIGH EXPLOSIVE CRATERING; FROZEN GRAVEL; THAWED CONDITIONS; PE62730A; WU003; Anchorage; Fairbanks; Talik; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA084702; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA084702

Explosive cratering tests were conducted in seasonally frozen and thawed gravel at Ft. Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska, and in seasonally frozen and thawed silt overlying permafrost and in silt permafrost at Ft. Wainwright near Fairbanks, Alaska. Explosive charge weights ranged from 26 to 3120 lb...