SZ/OEMU/29/1/54-55 - Penetration of blast into tunnel shelters, October 1941

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/29/1/54-55

Level of description

Item

Title

Penetration of blast into tunnel shelters, October 1941

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

2 leaves

Subject

Blast pressure

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

R.C. 307

ARP/287/RJ

Various tunnel designs were compared in tests involving the equivalent of a 1000 kg. bomb. In straight tunnels blast pressure was very high, even 100 feet from the explosion. Several modifications in tunnel design reduced the pressure significantly.

Two copies.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/29 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls]
    - SZ/OEMU/29/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls. File One]
      - SZ/OEMU/29/1/54-55 - Penetration of blast into tunnel shelters, October 1941

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