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one perhaps observed a different type of degradation, as the blast weve
passed from “shock” to sonic amplitudes.

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week, ite velocity as well as sound velocity behind it approaches ambient

sound velocity. If the wave form is perturbed, because of either surface
or atmospheric effects, it is virtually impossible for the wave to "shock up’

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again, hence the long rise times vhich appear at Runit and Parry.
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fines of arrival are available from Sandia Corporation's mesurenents
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(altimeter and stop-watch) and by England (Wiancko gauge with brush recorder).

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The difference in tine between sheck arrival and the computed arrival of 's

pressure - distence curve of Table I is available from a machine calculation

the tineof arrival curve of Figure 7, J-19372, which was calculated originally
from early tests of ataxio weapons.

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