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Project 5.9 - Weapon Fffects on Missile Structures ani Materials tt C. J. Cosensa
ESTIYE
The ultimate objective of this test is to determine the vulnerability of certain ballistic missile structures end materiale
to a nuclear fireball.
The immediate objective is a determination of
the amount of material vaporised from the surfece of an object exposed
within a fireball and the variation of this material loss with shape,
orientetion, range, ari “he type of material involvei,
Purther, an
attempt is being made to seagure various phenomone oceuring within a
fireball by watious methots of instrumentation.
JNSTRUMENTATICN
Six specimens were equipped with minature tape recorders.
Bach
instrument recorde’ six date channele as well as two timing channels.
The data being measured consiste? of specimen tempereture and acoelerations,
and the rate of vaporisation of the surface material.
In addition, many
Gpecimens contained mechanical devices for obtaining measurements of
peak. overpressure within the fireball ant time histories of the specines
eocelerations.
BESULI3
BEST AVAI
LABL
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No remulte are available at this time.
The raiiation level of the
Pecovery area is so high that no specimens have been retrieved.
Aerial
photographs have been taken to preserve ‘any evidence of the -metration
of the specimens into tha ground.
The photographe will be used later
to aid the recovery effort,
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