SZ/OEMU/30/1/15-16 - Craters and earth movements due to buried 100 lb. A.S. Mark IV bombs filled with variou explosives, 8/42

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/30/1/15-16

Level of description

Item

Title

Craters and earth movements due to buried 100 lb. A.S. Mark IV bombs filled with variou explosives, 8/42

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Corporate name

Great Britain. Ministry of Supply.

Subject

Shock (mechanics)

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

R.C. 347

MOS/128/HJHS

Five 100 lb. bombs filled with black powder, torpex, 60/40 amatol, minol and hexanite respectively, were exploded at depths of 7 ft. 6 in. in clay soil at Richmond Park.

The crater diameters, permanent earth movements, acceleration-time curves, and velocity of the earth wave were measured. Tables and graphs are included. An addendum note is attached.

Report to the Ministry of Supply.

Two copies.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/30 - [OEMU. CDRC - Craters and ground shock wave]
    - SZ/OEMU/30/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Craters and ground shock wave, 1941-1945]
      - SZ/OEMU/30/1/15-16 - Craters and earth movements due to buried 100 lb. A.S. Mark IV bombs filled with variou explosives, 8/42

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