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In the test evaluation section there is an entry onthe
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one point
test in December 1°57 where enalysis of the core drillin:s obtained long after
the event have just been completed.
The resutt is a refinement of the zield
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calculation and the conclusion that such sampling even lon: ofter a test has
great diagnostic value.
The section on undergrounc test consealment states
“present theoretical predictions of the seismic decourlins to be achieved by
detonating an explosive in an underground cavit; depenc quite criticelly upon
the interpretation of the plastic motion observec on pest underground exnlosions.
The areas of misunderstanding or lack oF Hnoviest.-e th
investigated and it is expected that there will be an im
of these phenomona from certain calculations.
Further one-tenth scale tests have been preformed in the cylindars with hemis-
usable end containable within thisconfiguretion.
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ca
pherical end caps to attempt to understand tne cest des
and maximum yield
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the ends and filling those hemispheres with salt makes tnis er
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