Blast from a Surface Burst

In a surface explosion, the front of the blast wave in air is hemispherical in (Fig. 9.4), there is no region of regular reflection, and all objects and on the 

The dependence of crater radius and crater depth upon the depth of burst for a 1 kilo ton explosion in dry soil is shown in Fig. 9.5. Also shown are the range of... dimensions possible from a surface burst to the approximate maximum for an 

All the above descriptions are based on an ideal blast wave in ideal atmospheric conditions unfortunately, nothing is perfect, especially meteorological conditions, which can greatly alter the expected performances of explosions, either increasing them or decreasing them. 

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