SZ/OEMU/31/1/9 - Cased changes VI. Fragmentation I. Collection and examination of fragments, 22/7/41

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/31/1/9

Level of description

Item

Title

Cased changes VI. Fragmentation I. Collection and examination of fragments, 22/7/41

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Creator

Great Britain. Ministry of Fuel and Power. Safety in Mines Research Station.

Scope and content

R.C. 229

D.16

The use of steel casings for the model bomb experiments enabled the adoption of a magnetic method for separating fragments from the medium in which they were collected. A search was made for the best material which could stop fragments, without greatly changing their appearance, and from which they could readily be recovered. A circular pit was designed to withstand the bomb explosion. Fragments were then collected and examined. Halftone illustrations of the pit and fragments are included.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/31 - [OEMU. CDRC - Mechanism of bombs]
    - SZ/OEMU/31/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Mechanism of bombs, 1940-1945]
      - SZ/OEMU/31/1/9 - Cased changes VI. Fragmentation I. Collection and examination of fragments, 22/7/41

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