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

Bultmann, E. H. Jr., and Morrison, T. G., and Johnson, M. R.

Published by Headquarters Field Command Defense Atomic Support Agency, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, NM, 1960

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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. Defense Technical Information Center reprint 2001.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Full-Scale Field Tests of DOME and ARCH Structures (U); Operation Plumbbob, Nevada Test Site May-October 1957, Project 3.6, WT-1425
• Publisher: Headquarters Field Command Defense Atomic Support Agency, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, NM
• Publication Date: 1960
• Binding: Wraps, tape binding at spine
• Condition: Good
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