SZ/OEMU/27/1/18 - Correlation tests between blast tunnels and full scale charge, January 1941

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/27/1/18

Level of description

Item

Title

Correlation tests between blast tunnels and full scale charge, January 1941

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

3 leaves

Subject

Explosions -- Damage

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

Details tests carried out to compare the damage caused by explosions in the open and in a blast tunnel. Tests in a small blast tunnel proved as destructive as the full scale explosions but damage in the larger tunnel was less. Includes tables and graphs.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/27 - [OEMU. CDRC - Blast papers]
    - SZ/OEMU/27/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Blast papers. File One]
      - SZ/OEMU/27/1/18 - Correlation tests between blast tunnels and full scale charge, January 1941

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