used by Armour was the previously successful Wigwam method.
a stable platform was the principal cause of failure.
Shallow Lagoon Shot, Umbrella.

The lack of

Underwater Pressures - NOL success-

fully measured underwater pressures at 16 stations.

Records obtained at

distances of 500 to 8000 ft from surface zero, at depths from 10 ft down to
130 ft, covered the pressure range between
psi. Peak pressures

were in agreement with theoretical predictions and HE results.

Peak pres-

sures decayed with distance at a significantly higher rate than would occur

in free water.

The main shock was preceded by a small gradual increase

in pressure which was induced by ground shock, At close-in stations, nearideal wave forms were observed; at 3000-ft range and beyond, wave forms
were complex. A cavitation pulse was observed at all stations at 750-ft range
and beyond; maximum cavitation pressure measured was
psi at 1884-f
range.
Air Overpressures - NOL used a combination of 32 rockets. five balloon stations, and seven surface stations to document the air overpressure-time
field at ranges up to 8000 ft from surface zero and altitudes up to 15,000 ft.
Nine of 20 rockets recovered yielded usable data; eight additional rocket
records may yield usable data after further evaluation. Five of the seven
surface stations and one balloon station produced good records. Surface data
showed good agreement with predictions based on HE results and indicate the
use of 100% efficiency in scaling HE data to the nuclear case is reasonable.
Peak pressures from rocket records were low compared with HE predictions.
Maximum pressure recorded. 1.85 psi. was at 2500 ft altitude at a range of

2000 ft from surface zero.

Surface Phenomena - NOL investigated surface phenomena in general
while SIO concentrated on water waves. EG&G provided excellent photographic caverage of surface phenomena from four aircraft and several surface
stations. NOL obtained good records of temperature and humidity changes
at five stations within the base surge. These records showwell-defined temperature changes which correlate well with arrival of base surge as visually
observed. SIO successfully measured the waterwaves from a number of
stations and by a variety of means. The most interesting of these measurements came from three stations about 1700 ft from surface zero. They indicated that the highest wave was the first of the wave train. It was steep
fronted and had a 22-ft span from crest to trough.
Hydrodynamic Yields - ARF attached two strings of blast switches and
one doppler system to a taut cable running outward from the Umbrella device with the aim of measuring the time interval between closures of the
blast switches and the rate of phase change of an rf signal fed into the doppler cable. Data were received in the zero LCU and telemetered to a remote location. Records were obtained for the blast switches only as the doppler cable was crimped during installation. Preliminary data analysis yielded an effective hydrodynamic yield
pressure-distance curves
from which hydrodynamic yields are determined, however, showed an as-yet
unexplained deviation from the slope expected on the basis of Wigwam results.
Crater Dimensions - ONR and HO measured the Umbrella crater by
means of preshot fathometer survey and a postshot lead-line and fathometer
survey. A crater of about
depth and
diameter was found.

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