Techniques for gas gun studies of shock wave attenuation in snow

• Main Authors: Brown, J. A., Gaffney, E. S., Blaisdell, G. L., Johnson, J. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Los Alamos National Laboratory 1987
• Subjects: Stresses; Numerical Data 420000* > Engineering; Attenuation; Information; Snow; 42 Engineering; Experimental Data; Shock Waves; Data; Atmospheric Precipitations; Arctic
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1210369/

Shock compression of snow is of interest for its direct applications to such fields as planetary science and arctic and military engineering. A technique has been adopted using stress gauges embedded in gas gun targets of natural snow. The program was begun with efforts to identify and solve major experimental difficulties. These difficulties and their solutions are described and data records obtained from preliminary tests are discussed. 8 refs., 3 figs.