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11II1 f l l--. MEMORANDUM REPORT NO. 1518
"-21 APRIL 1964
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PEAK OVERPRESSURE VS SCALED DISTANCE
FOR TNT SURFACE BURSTS(HEMISPHERICAL CHARGES)
C. N. KIngeryB. F. Pannill
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(~r~1~lMWORM~UM RE~PORT NO. 1518
APRIL 1964
PE~AK OVERPRESSURE VS SdALED DISTANCE!FOR TN~T SURFACE' BU1STS
(HFaMSPHER.ICAL CIMA1OES)
C. N. KingeryB. F. Pannill
Terminal Ballia±tice Ltabora~tory
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The primary objective of this report is to present a compilation of'
overpressure measurements obtained from a aeries of TNT detonationo. For
maMy years there has been a need for a reliable aurface burnt peak ovcrpr••,3urc'
versus distance curve extending from 2000 psi to .01 psi. Curves presenting
overpressure versus radial distance (measured and theoretical) have been
available for many years for spherical charges detonated in free air. ThI i
is not true however, for curface burst overpreosu-re curvez which In generalrn
have been over a limited range of overpressure. and ha•ed on either ,nial.l
charges or charges fired utdor variouu environmental conditionn, making
reliable scaling difficult. It ic the objective of thin report to combij,"
measurements made by Canadian, United Kingdom and United Statet cn.Ltint
into one report which might be used as a s tandard for TNT nurJace burotlt.
BACKGROUND
Tho Sufrield Experimental Station (0003) working under tch guLdzhtct oul
the Defense Research Board of Canada begnn a oeriezz or ['Lhld txprtintmto
relating to blast an& shock using yleldn of 5 tons of' TmpN In 1959. phe U. t2.
was invited to participate in one of the trialti in J),ptemhr ib9. W'
accepted this invitation, and sent a blast tcaunz from the B3"Jliý:slc ,.rienroh
Laboratories (BRL) to Gntablish a blast line and to mnanure the overpreorurt.
versus time at selected Airtances from ground zero. The preiminlrary reunl tL:
were reported in a technical paper publirbed by 01+,` wlth it very lUn Lt4,!d
distribution('l). The results obtained by the Canadian teum were reported Ln
SuTield Technical Ppnr No. 0 along with renult:n of Vour other 5 ton
shoto. The Car.adian results were prJrnarily peak overprenuiure vwlueo obtixvn'dti
from 5. photo-optical technique.
In 1960 a 20 ton TNT test was conducted at SES i,_n,.L.. Lvh! U. 2.
nponoored several projecto. One of the major projuetti fruoi thW U. !!., IL
the measurement of overpressure versun diotance by BP'. Tih United Kingdom
(UY,) also participated with several eprojecto, one of which won at,,zo U)
measure overpre,::uru versun distance. A Tripartite blaut line wan
establithed and the three countrie•i placed variouýi pr.: uuru tLrf•!f zzur!,
at zi;mLlar diotaneeu along, thb- bl.u t int',v or cumpart:!con. "h": rrzu lt:,
Reproduced 'rFo'
Best Available CoPY
from the tripartita blast line were published in Suffield Report No. 203J3.
• A third test in which the BRL participated wan the 1961 Canadian .1 Oo
t triLl. Ucre again Canada, the U. K. and the U. S. inotrumented
blast lines and recorded the overpressure verouo time at LC•l (Ctcc1 dhtW)tc;C
from ground zero. The results• from this test have not been publicuhod
in final form by all participants although preliminrvy data io avallabl.c.
The final U. S. data are available in a BRL report and the preiLmintLry
data from Canada were obtained from private correopondence 5). Data fromthe U. K. are reported in reference (6) and have altio boer compiled in thL;ý
report.
RESULTS
The values of peak overprornure meartured by the vrarJ.ouzc counLriui told
presented. in the referenced sources were till• cnled to a one pounc ;.qutvil,,'t1
at standard Bca-level conditions. A total, or 2'(3 (1iau. poirntt wtw Utwetd ,t
etabl.iohing th. curve ao presented in Figuro i. The!.ie point: W(X1, pUm;,nclw
on TBM cardo "o ocaled c1iotance (%) vdrruo c•c'e,-d ovorpre:,turc (P,.
(x) in a nel.ed dirtancu and equaloR/W where R - actual d Lotatnc I( r,..and W u yield in pounda. Therefore, % IL equai, to H 'or a one poinnd 'ulia,.,
The logarithmn correopinding to thence data point' wort, eomputed, and by i
method of least aquareo the coefficients for a po]ynormi•a, equttrion wer,.
This equation, while fitting the pointu well over the rtuit of' vilu,-.:
given. would be misleading if u3ed in the very low prc.ture ruglon (belo'w
0.2 psi). Therefore, all values beyond a % of tio were procu:;: d throuj;i 1.h,computer, at••uming an exponential decay and the Following ,q!ultt•ti wa:
derived for the low pressnure range.
P 226.61762 %"I> 06.591
where 140 < o < 1000.3eProduced Frop
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Equation 1 and 2 were combined to produce the values listed in Taible T.
Selected valuLs of X were put into equation IL and values of peak overprcocurewere computed from X * .50 to • * 70, Equation 2 was utied from k - 15 X Io i oo00o.
The resulting pressure versus distance values calculated from equation .1
and 2 are listed in Table I and plotted in Figure I. it in felt that thic
curve is the beat empirical curve available to date.
SCALING
To use the table or plotted curve for predicting peak ovorprcavure verunuv
distance for other TNT yields at other than standard sea level conditionti,
standard scaling procedures should be used. The scaling factor d for
"distance may be calculated from
1d [ 696.a(i 1/3
where W a Yield in pounds
P A Ambient atmosphere at altitude (pai).
Therefore % times Sd will give the now dintance.
When scaling the peak overprecssure to be expected where the ambient
atmosphere in other than 14.696 poi a scaling factor L should t. utwed.
The factor S may be calculated fromp
a PA 0069
where PA w Ainbient atmoopheric pressure at altitude (pul). Therefore: 0
times the peak overproce•ro listed in the table or taken from the curvw: wLll
give the new pressure value.
'46/4 AbCA-i °•s !
COMPARISONS
In an effort to determine the reliability of the valueu computed from
the equations and the messured values the following method of c:ozntorliol, w.:ý
. established. The scaled overpreosures versus distances (%) were compared with
"calculated overpreesures at a similar' scaled distance %. The compariiion
consisted of establishing the difference (plus or minus) bet,'40n the two
overpressures and then calculating the percentage or relative error between
the computed value and the scaled measured value. The positive rllatlvý-
errors wire swmned and divided by the number of values to eutabllrh the mciul
positive rolcLtivo error. The same procedure was used to ei1t0b3l11L t•,lu.m
negative relative error. From these two values one can dctennine how w'.l..
the computed valuet compare with the measured values on a pcrcentaLL, bLL•,.
There were 45 datin points used from the 5 ton olhot and of thee 2'(
points were positive with positive relative orror oV 7. )8 percent. Thi:rc: w,-.
18 negative pointo with a relative error of 4.86 perceLTt. Thin Jnpll:l; li'
courige that 60 percent of the data fell an average of' 7.•1• percent abovr- ihf,
curve and 4•0 percent of the data fell an average of 11.86 P.rce..nt bem.low th,, urv,,.
There was a total of IJiO datum pointn compiled from the 20 toni :1iot. of
these 64 were positive with a mean ponitive relative error ot' I W.1(2 e 1r1, 1.11,
76 were negative..r.with a mean negative. relative error of' 7.20 per,ýentý It ,v
4i5.7 parcent of the measured values were an average of . porcent LbovL tLhlt
computed valueo while 54.3 percent o'll an cierage of '.20 ,urcidt, beLow L.11
computed value,.
From the ý100 ton shot a tottO of 88 datum points wan uted. Th,•-rf,, wlr,-
•i5 points positive with a mean relative error of 8.20 percentu anI li• 45oint;
negative with a mean relative error of 6.4h percent. Thio implies thi,.
Sapproxintnty!,51 p•ercent of the measured points fell an average ol' M.2) ,•r.,t
above the computed values and 49 percent oC the measured point Ie,- I I ,o ,Ve,• •r-
of 6.44 percent below the computed values.
For a final comparison a total of 273 datum pointts, compiled trom tAit,
moasurements mad• on the three shots, was uoed. Theirre wvr 156 ruhl.rt:. ;!liv-
with a mean relative error of 6.14 percent and 157 poit•n r,.-,,tiv': with !
mean relative error of 6.65 percen't. This means approxinint,:Iy 50 pexrs':,.,
of thef meajured points fell an average of 6.114 percent above t!ht: coinouti-e!
vale•s while 50 percent fUl an average 6.65 percnnt below th,: c•nmi,, ',:v,,
10
4,y
Since there are aome isolated points which indicate large relatlwv crrortn
and tenC to outweigh the smaller values listed an invcntigation of lh q lre.•cu,::y
distribution of the points was made and the resulto are prcocntvd in T' b.f I IF.
From the table it eaa be seen that approximately two third., of iAL dL1 u 1, 1t
.lie within the two average relative error value8 of 4-6.14 percent i.nd
-6,.65 ýuxcent.
C. N.
D. F. [PANNIL
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