Misers Bluff Phase I Single Burst Experiments. Ground Shock Analysis

摘要

The single burst events of Misers Bluff Phase I provided the basic data for use in evaluation of the superposition principles in predicting the ground shock effects of multiburst experiments. In addition, it provided an opportunity for evaluating the current empirical procedures for predicting the ground shock effects of high explosive experiments. Evaluation of the single burst empirical predictions and the superposition principle as a part of the multiburst experiments of Phase I will allow an evaluation of the uncertainties one might expect in making empirical predictions of a multiburst weapons effect environment. The current state-of-the-art in empirical ground shock predictions of high explosive experiments are discussed and utilized in the pretest predictions for each of the 5 single burst experiments discussed in this report. The apparent deficiencies and the problems associated with use of the nuclear weapons effects predictions procedures for high explosive experiments are discussed in some detail. The phenomenology associated with these experiments is discussed and related to the waveforms observed in various experiments. This understanding of the single burst phenomenology will provide the basis for understanding the small yield multiburst experiments also conducted as a part of Phase I of the Misers Bluff program. The predictions are then compared with the measurements on a component by component basis. Conclusions regarding the validity of the prediction procedures are drawn.