To predict the dimensions and characteristics of impact- and explosion-induced craters, one must know the equation of state of the rocks in which the crater is formed. Recent experimental data shed light upon inelastic processes that influence the stress/strain behavior of rocks. We examine these data with a view to developing models that could be used in predicting cratering phenomena. New data is presented on the volume behavior of two dissimilar rocks subjected to tensile stresses.

Two methods of dust-flux measurements are discussed which have been utilized to estimate aerosol plutonium deposition and resuspension. In previous studies the methods were found to be sufficiently detailed to permit parameterization of dust-flux to the erodibility of the soil, and a seventh-power dependency of dust-flux (or plutonium flux) to wind speed was observed in worst case conditions. The eddy-correlation method is technically more difficult, requires high-speed data acquisition, and requires an instrument response time better than one second, but the eddy-correlation method has been shown feasible with new fast-response sensors, and it is more useful in limited areas because it can be used as a probe. The flux-gradient method is limited by critical assumptions and is more bulky, but the method is more commonly used and accepted. The best approach is to use both methods simultaneously. It is suggested that several questions should be investigated by the methods, such as saltation stimulation of dust-flux, simultaneous suspension and deposition, foliar deposition and trapping, erodibility of crusted surfaces, and horizontally heterogeneous erodibility.

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Hamiltonian methods are used to study the motion of a particle in the field BZ and a single electrostatic wave. The particle motion is studied by numerically integrating the equations of motion. Diagrams of various particle trajectories are given. (MOW)

Dunning's amd Hay's electronic potential curves were used to compute transition moments and to predict emission profiles for comparison with the observed fluorescence spectra. By adjusting the ionic and valence states by 8 nm, many of the observed spectral features can be quantitatively accounted for. The synthetic spectrum of KrF includes the 220-nm D/sub /sup 1///sub 2// ..-->.. X transition, the 249-nm composite feature, and the 276-nm feature which is a superposition of the nearly coincident C/sub /sup 3///sub 2// ..-->.. A/sub /sup 3///sub 2// and B/sub /sup 1///sub 2// ..-->.. /sub /sup 1///sub 2// transitions. The feature observed at 300 nm by Powell and Murray is likely due to a transition from the /sup 2/..sigma../sup +//sub /sup 1///sub 2// Rydberg state to the repulsive A/sub /sup 1///sub 2// state. The 400-nm feature may be due to a triatomic complex. (DLC)

The general features of the mirror reactor design are discussed. Details of the blanket-coil geometry are shown. The inside face of the blanket segments are divided into individual pressure vessels. These submodules contain fissile breeding material located directly behind the first wall, a fusile breeding material behind the fertile breeder, and then coolant inlet and outlet plena. Two blankets are examined and compared in this study. One contains natural uranium plus 7 wt. percent Mo, the second contains thorium metal. The performance of these blankets is discussed. (MOW)

Electrical noise interference in low-level (approximately 50 ..mu..V), wide band (approximately 15 MHz) flux monitoring systems applied to nuclear reactor control causes safety and reliability problems. Others have shown that one predominant source of noise interference is conduction of currents in instrument cable shields and building conduits. Since these currents produce noise that is similar to signals produced by nuclear detectors, such noise interference reduces the ability of a reactor instrumentation system to determine the condition of a reactor. Model equations of ground noise interference were derived for a system model consisting of a sensor, coaxial cable, and an amplifier. These equations describe the effect of ground impedance, sensor impedance, transfer impedance, and connector resistance on both low-frequency (less than 100 kHz) and high-frequency (greater than 100 kHz) ground noise interference. Other model equations were derived for a system with a coaxial balun (a flexible coaxial cable wound around a ferrite core) added between the sensor and the sensor amplifier input. Analysis of the model equations reveals the effects of ground noise currents on instrumentation systems and the conditions for minimizing ground interference.

The SHIVA laser is a 20 beam Nd-doped glass laser designed to provide various irradiation geometries for fusion pellets. The general objective of the SHIVA laser is to achieve significant thermonuclear burn or about 1 percent of scientific breakeven by isentropic compression. Descriptions are given of the laser system, physical configuration, alignment system, and the computer control system. (MOW)