DYNAMIC ROCK MECHANICS INVESTIGATIONS FINAL REPORT, PROJECT COWBOY | Zendy

Harry R. Nicholls | Zendy; V.E. Hooker | Zendy; Wilbur I. Duvall | Zendy

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DYNAMIC ROCK MECHANICS INVESTIGATIONS FINAL REPORT, PROJECT COWBOY

Author(s) -

Harry R. Nicholls,

V.E. Hooker,

Wilbur I. Duvall

Publication year - 1960

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/4014037

Subject(s) - explosive material , ultimate tensile strength , materials science , geotechnical engineering , dynamic testing , shear (geology) , core (optical fiber) , impact crater , instrumentation (computer programming) , acceleration , compressive strength , strain gauge , coupling (piping) , structural engineering , composite material , geology , engineering , physics , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , classical mechanics , astronomy , operating system

Strain gage instrumentation is reported of three Cowboy shots to measure the strain produced in salt by coupled and decoupled detonations. Linear array tests were made to develop a propagation law for strain, to determine particle velocity and acceleration in salt, to compare explosives, to determine the effect of impedance coupling between explosive and rock, and to investigate other seismic effects. Crater tests were made to determine the dynamic tensile breaking strength of salt. Tests were made to measure in situ, longitudinal (P) and shear (S) wave velocities and to calculate the dynamic elastic constants therefrom. Laboratory tests on core were made to determine the dynamic compressive and tensile breaking strength of salt. Physical properties tests were made under laboratory conditions for comparison with dynamic results. (W.L.H.

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