SZ/OEMU/27/1/27 - Blast pressures from German bombs and parachute mines, May 1941

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/27/1/27

Level of description

Item

Title

Blast pressures from German bombs and parachute mines, May 1941

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

5 leaves

Subject

Mines, Aerial
TNT (chemical)

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Creator

Davies, R. D.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

R.C. 216

ARP/215/HS

Points out that the maximum pressure from the mines is 12-15% higher than that of the bombs, although the duration of the blast in both cases is 25% lower than that created by bare charges of TNT.

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/27/1/27 - Blast pressures from German bombs and parachute mines, May 1941

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