Full-Scale Field Tests of DOME and ARCH Structures (U); Operation Plumbbob, Nevada Test Site May-October 1957, Project 3.6, WT-1425.

Sandia Base, Albuquerque, NM: Headquarters Field Command Defense Atomic Support Agency, 1960. Defense Technical Information Center reprint 2001. Wraps, tape binding at spine. 168 pages. Illustrations. Downgraded from CONFIDENTIAL to UNCLASSIFIED. Mailing label on back cover. Contents include: Introduction, Theoretical Aspects of Experiment Design,Procedure, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations, Appendix A Nomenclature; Appendix B. Inclined-Foundation Bearing Capacity, Appendix C, Computation of kd, Appendix D Pressure Records; Appendix E Field Instrumentation for Response Measurements of Dome-Type Structures under High-Strength Shock Loading and References. Numerous Tables and Figures. A total of ten structures were used. Analysis of the loading data failed to disclose any reflected-pressure effects on the structures. Enough loading information was obtained on the nonresponding structures at the 70-psi region to permit the computation of pressure coefficients as a function of time on these structures. The dome-response measurements obtained on the tests generally confirmed the theory which was used for the design of the domes. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Nuclear Weapons, Weapon Effects, Operation Plumbbob, WT-1425, Concrete Arches, Concrete Domes, Aluminum Domes, Test Structures, Blast Loads, Blast-Wave Loading, Arch Loading, Dome-Loading, Shear Strains

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