SZ/OEMU/29/1/62 - The effects of earth shock on surface shelters; a mathematical treatment, 31/3/42

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/29/1/62

Level of description

Item

Title

The effects of earth shock on surface shelters; a mathematical treatment, 31/3/42

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

6 leaves

Creator

Christopherson, Derman.

Creator

Whittaker, F.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

R.C. 319

Calculates the maximum stress in a rectangular shelter when exposed to a bomb on the broad-side, and when the shelter is end-on to an explosion. The analysis gives results which are not imcompatible with experimental observations.

Report written by Christopherson and Whittaker.

Corrigenda slip attached.

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/29/1/62 - The effects of earth shock on surface shelters; a mathematical treatment, 31/3/42

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