SZ/OEMU/30/1/17-18 - Earth movement due to 250 kg. bombs filled with dithekite (D.13) exploded in clay soil, 8/42

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/30/1/17-18

Level of description

Item

Title

Earth movement due to 250 kg. bombs filled with dithekite (D.13) exploded in clay soil, 8/42

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

3 leaves

Corporate name

Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security.

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

R.C. 348

ARP/364/EK

"Two German 250 kg S.C. bombs were exploded in clay soil in Richmond Park. The resulting earth displacements and accelerations at distances from 30 to 900 ft. from the bombs were recorded. There was some difference between the permanent movements for the two bombs, and also between the crater profiles, due probably to the difference in the nature of the soil in which the bombs were exploded." Graphs and tables are included.

Report to the Ministry of Home Security.

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/30/1/17-18 - Earth movement due to 250 kg. bombs filled with dithekite (D.13) exploded in clay soil, 8/42

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