TABLE 1.
SOME CALCULATED K-VALUES FROM WEAPON TESTS
(Based on field measurements that include terrain roughness effects,
and which were not corrected for instrument response.)
Ttem
Yield
Heffter -Miller
-DASA
-Tompkins--
Ko
Miller
DASA
Tompkins
(ft/kt '~)*
1.2
1.2
0.5
0.5
15
Mt
3.53Mt
5.01Mt
110
1.2
0.3
low
-61.3
-16
- 2.4
0
0
0.4
0.6
0.9
2.6
3.3
4.4
8.5
1700**
880
960
1300
350
480
1340
1710
930
390
1080
610
1340
900
530
1130
250
700%K**
1250
2170**
1800**
290
2080**
960
940
725
1620*«*
330
490
1300
1710
1170
340
980
785
1150
920
630
1215
310
560
1410
low
10.7
160
450
175
135
230
low
19
43
32
23
24
16
7.8t
11.4
35
84
94
103
104
117
126
190
175
645
360
520
235
140
150
415
255
740
133
190
690
360
485
240
155
150
340
12
129
235
ll
22
43
133
142
142
185
155
235
450
245
175
265
235
185
185
155
235
private communication
reference 8
reference 9
derived from "fraction down" given in Reference 10.
Integrations to 0.5 R/hr
except Johnie Boy to 1.0 R/hr,
The scaled height of burst (A) is determined by dividing the actual height of burst in
feet by the cube root of the total yield in kilotons.
t
*
Average
4/3
kt
Ess
Jangle U
Johnie Boy
Coulomb C
Buffalo 2
Bravo
Zuni
Tewa
Koon
Jangle §
Coulumb B
Smallboy
Little
Feller ITI
Little
Feller I
Trinity
Simon
Harry
Badger
Nancy
Annie
Humboldt
Tumbler~
Snapper 5
Tumbler-~
Snapper 6
Met
Turk
Scaled Height
of Burst
QQ)
Heffter
Value z (0,75)? x 2900:
not included in average.
tek
Reduced from Miller's original 990 by excluding data at distances beyond the 0.5 R/hr
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rs
B:
>?
t
Po:
1
-
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rs
4
my
m4
B4
contour.