SZ/OEMU/47/6/11 - Experiments on the fragmentation of metal tubes, August 1943

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/47/6/11

Level of description

Item

Title

Experiments on the fragmentation of metal tubes, August 1943

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

9 leaves

Creator

Porter, H. L.

Scope and content

A.R.D. Explosives Report 279/43

A.C. 4799

PHYS/EX. 481

SD/FP 147

Preliminary investigations suggested regularity in metal tube fragmentation. Therefore a study of the mechanism of rupture was instigated in the hope that it could produce a means of controlling fragmentation. Tests proved that fragment patterns were typical of whichever metal had been used.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/47 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel]
    - SZ/OEMU/47/6 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel. Miscellaneous papers]
      - SZ/OEMU/47/6/11 - Experiments on the fragmentation of metal tubes, August 1943

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