TABLE 2.1
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Station andGage Samary
GAGES (Type and Muabera)
No. of
Stations
Presgure
Tine
1
8
22
7
1
2
3
&
5
6
31
9
3
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63
23
8
32
7
7
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8
1
1
10
1
°
8
Shot
Fameseamtetantecomtecroaendh
6
18
6
Dynanic
Pressure
Acceleration
-
3
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| planning stages of the operation. The gage ranges established for any
\partt cular shot were changed accordingly with the predicted yleld
figures»speriodically promulgated during the operational phase of the
tests.’ Where a fairly wide range of yield from minimum to maximum was
predicted, the gege ranges at any one station were so arranged that at
least prie+gage at each station would operate within its designed pres-
sure range.
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2.2.1 Gage sustion Types
Four debe repunber-series of stations were used during the
various shots, a bageeseroraption of each follows:
122-Series: Coda Station. This was the basic station, install-
ed by the contractor prioAY?*
the arrival of the project in the forward
area, These stations
“f° four -6-inch-diameter steel-pipe gage
mounts, 3 feet long, en
".. * by reinforcing rods and forming a
square 2 feet on a side \Afi2-tnch--square steel plate was welded to
the bottom of each to provide
Yebring surface.
in the ground so that the top
ing ground surface.
Figure 2.1.
ed.
123-Series:
The pipes were buried
df} the mount was flush with the surround-
The statidn] prior to backfill is illustrated in
eef Station.
Thedelstations were contractor install-
‘Three such stations were used
reef between Sites Charlie end Dog,
arjd-were located along the coral
ch station consisted of pipe
gage mounts with the same physical arrangement as the 122 series.
pipes were imbedded in drilled holes in thd
depth of 10 feet. The helght of the pipes
adjusted so that the top of the pipe was at}
high-tide water level.
The
¢oral presumably to a
lapove the coral bottom was
Jeast 6 inches above the
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124-Series: Tend Station.
The stations in ttits series assumed
a variety of forms end cll were project installed,’~fhese stations
providsd mounts for either "gq" gages or pressure-time
some cases, for both.
No formalized mounting was used for the pressuresome cases, pipe mounts were buried with the top flush
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