tances, 1.e., in the region where Machreflection had just
started should coincide

rath
closely with those for the 1-Kt curve. At greater distances one would
expect a smoothtt

sition toward,the 2-Kt curve as the Mach stem grows until it
covers the entire hemis here, It

is interesting to note that scaled arrival times derived from measurements over
water beh

in exactly this fashion. No attempt was made to comparethe curve of peak positi
ve over ores:
sure vs scaled distance on King shot with a reference standard, since no data were available.

from another shot having the same scaled height of burst. The only alternative was a comparison with a height-of-burst chart. As on Mike shot, scaled values of positive-phase duration were compared with free-air curves for 1 and 2 Kt (Fig. 35). It was difficult to predict
how these values should have compared, but again it was found that scaled durations were a
little longer than would have been expected from a burst of a 2-Kt bombin free air, although

not so long as on Mike shot. Positive impulses (Fig. 36) were found to be close to those expected from a 2-Kt burst.
Table 8—- RESULTS OF MIKE SHOT REDUCED TO 1 KT (RC) AT SEA LEVEL
Distance to

Time of

Station
No.

ground zero,
ft

arrival,
sec

615.02
611.01"
611.01t
611.02*
611.02T
613.01*
613.01*
611.04*
611.04T
613.02*
613.02*
612.01*
612.01T
USS Estes

376.0
724.7
124.7
976.0
976.0
1673
1673
2168
2168
3413
3413
5207
5207
8455

0.0638
0.240
0.240
0.403
0.403
0.928
0.929
1.335
1.335
2.388
2.388
3.873
3.873
6.71

*Side-on baffle.
fPitot static tube.
6.3

Height-of-burst Chart

King
The scaled distances at which the various peak overpressures occurred on Mike and

shots have beenindicated on the height-of-burst chart”” published in TM 23-200 (Fig. 37) by

greater
means of appropriate symbols. It will be noted that, for pressure levels of 4 psi and
zero are
ground
to
interest
of
level
ure
overpress
the
from
distances
scaled
on Mike shot, the
of atgreater than would be indicated by the isobars; at lower overpressure levels the effects
indicate
to
seem
would
on
observati
This
true.
be
to
converse
the
mospheric refraction cause
and that some
that perhaps the zero intercepts of the height-of-burst chart should be revised

on King
of the curves should toe out more than they do. Overpressures measured over water

measured on the
shot seem to corroborate in generalthe findings on Mike shot, whereas those
for thermal
applied
n
correctio
the
that
indication
an
isobars,
land blast line fall very near the

effect in constructing the height-of-burst chart had been a valid one.

57

Select target paragraph3