CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION . 11 OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE 11 PREDICTION OF OVERPRESSURES . 12 CONFIGURATION AND INSTRUMENTATION OF THE BLAST LINE 13 4.1 4.2 13 14 Mike Shot King Shot * 7 RESULTS 21 5.1 5.2 21 23 Performance of Instrumentation and Recording System Analysis of Results . . . . . RESULTS SCALED TO 1 KT AT SEA LEVEL 50 6.1 6.2 6.3 50 53 57 Mike Shot King Shot Height-of-burst Chart . CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 61 APPENDIX A SHOCK SYMMETRY MEASUREMENTS 65 APPENDIX B PERSONNEL 68 Qa hh & DF ILLUSTRATIONS Blast Line for Mike Shot . Wiancko Gauges in Ground Baffle . Station Noah (Lower Right), Showing Bogon in Background | Air Baffles Installed on Single Pipe Stand . . Goal-post Towers; Side-on Baffle and Pitot Static Tube at Right Blast Lines for King Shot . . . . . . . 15 16 17 17 18 19