Nuclear Detonation and Explosion

Addnl Refs A) Dunkle s Syllabus (1957-1958), 391-404 B) G.W. Atkinson et al, Nomographs for Determining the Relationships Between Pressure, Range, Altitude, and Yield in the Shock Front Resulting from a Nuclear Detonation , NavWeps 

Detonation, Oblique Impact of a Layer of Explosive by a Metal Plate in. David et al (Ref) conducted experiments on initiation of explosives by impacts upon them of metal plates. When the metal plate came in contact with the layer of explosive, not all at once but gradually, an oblique detonation wave was initiated. In experimental arrangement shown in Fig 1, a metal plate (such as of Cu), was bent thru an angle p by means of a deronarion wave of known velocity traveling thru a layer of explosive. When the plate was deflected, it hit at an 

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