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in Fig. +..1 c:e vesults for surface charges in various soils are
snown.
For eac.. sil tre line drawn is ‘nat for the most probable value
of m.
On tnis curve 2.50 are shown tne lucl2ar craters at Nevada and
in the Marsnal.>..
in tiotting tne res..t5 oF the iuclear explosions
on this figure
tne va.we of efficienc. tTound for tne JANGLE surface
shot for the s‘al.nues exponent m~
.+, namely &: per cent, has been
assumed to o@ andl: cable to the explos.o2s in the Pacific.
The logarithmic grid nas veer acjustec ir
eezicon of 1 KE to include this
Hence tne graph can be entered diefficiency for ah. .arg er yueids.
+
rectly with uoe VAL ue ar radiocnem::;at _ie.d.
This grapn gives a realtne uncertalnt, dows
‘ater
prediction
deosending on
ba
istic indication 2
*
the properties .%f aot scil.
development of tne extrapolaAll data wnat Leave seen usec +
pane toe
tion metnod presen*ec
>re are Summarize: in Appendix A.
This appendix
also includes tata rcr some TNT shots. namely those in wet sand, as
well as some nitie@A:
tnarges,
Such as
the actual ana.-se
re. ented
tere
4.2
COMMENTS
It snovlic
scribed tere .
“rinit.,
whics were not used in
*
oN THE osTRAPOLATION
oe
Ten expudecit.. cnas
tase
of an empicicu. =
“
or
tn.
cat
extrapcletion metacd delor
oP tae Porm
thom
+
= (wi
where E is an efti lene.
whicn cepends
xr medium, scaled charge depth,
and type of extics.ve.
As mentione: in section 1.5, this is not the
only form of equation wrich can ne :;ost cated, and defenced.
The available data are
sc meawer
and
any speciric ejuat.on in 8.
to establisn unreyu.’ cals ¢:
tne empirical
wne.:
:tatter around tne curve representing
, net
elati..
£ not possible at present
al, tity oc: alternative Porms of
-i.a'.r.
* The wet sanc TNT
size was Yound a:
A value for 7r:
than that oO: .n
vesu.ts were .¢*
ure
:
2A
:
oes ;ause data on only one charge
ae
guild not ve established.
ov Une scaled neignt is greater
tm ett Away si
c