A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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Plowshare Technology Assessment. Nominal Seismic Effects
Perspective concerning the possible seismic effects of deep underground nuclear explosions is provided by relating them to the energies, intensities and magnitudes of natural earthquakes and to the provisions of the Uniform Building Code. Toward this end the typically representative relationship between seismic intensities and explosive energies listed in Table 1 is derived. It clearly shows that the seismic energy of such explosions is several orders of magnitude less than that of destructive earthquakes, and that only minor structural damage is to be expected from deep potentially-useful explosions with yields up to about that of 100 thousand tons of TNT. (Author)
Plowshare Technology Assessment. Nominal Seismic Effects
Perspective concerning the possible seismic effects of deep underground nuclear explosions is provided by relating them to the energies, intensities and magnitudes of natural earthquakes and to the provisions of the Uniform Building Code. Toward this end the typically representative relationship between seismic intensities and explosive energies listed in Table 1 is derived. It clearly shows that the seismic energy of such explosions is several orders of magnitude less than that of destructive earthquakes, and that only minor structural damage is to be expected from deep potentially-useful explosions with yields up to about that of 100 thousand tons of TNT. (Author)
Plowshare Technology Assessment. Nominal Seismic Effects
J. C. Bellamy (author) / R. E. Brewer (author)
1972
18 pages
Report
No indication
English
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