Preshot and Postshot Safety Survey of Oil and Gas Facilities, Baxterville Field, Mississippi, Final Report (open access)

Preshot and Postshot Safety Survey of Oil and Gas Facilities, Baxterville Field, Mississippi, Final Report

From introduction: Oil and gas wells and related facilities of the Baxterville field were surveyed to document any physical changes resulting from the Salmon Event. All such structures within a 5-mile radius of Ground Zero were examined and photographed in detail.
Date: August 5, 1965
Creator: Ward, Don C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Carburization on the Low Strain Rate Behavior of Type 304 Stainless Steel: Interim Report (open access)

Effect of Carburization on the Low Strain Rate Behavior of Type 304 Stainless Steel: Interim Report

Abstract: Pressure stress-rupture specimens of thin walled Type 304 stainless steel tubing have been tested at temperatures to 1300°F in the presence of an internal diffusion limited carbon source.
Date: August 31, 1965
Creator: Stone, D. H. & Schwartz, A. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development, Acceptance and Qualification Testing of the SNAP 10A Ejectable Heat Shield (open access)

Development, Acceptance and Qualification Testing of the SNAP 10A Ejectable Heat Shield

From abstract: The development, acceptance, and qualification tests performed on the SNAP-10A Ejectable Heat Shield and components, the results of those tests, and the conclusions drawn from the results are presented in this report.
Date: August 31, 1965
Creator: Sperow, H. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U-10 Wt % Mo Fuel Element: Irradiation in SRE (open access)

U-10 Wt % Mo Fuel Element: Irradiation in SRE

From abstract: The fuel element assembly was successfully irradiated in the SRE to a maximum burnup of 5300 Mwd/MTU, at a peak fission rate of approximately 1.5 x 10E13 fissions/cm3-sec and a maximum central temperature near 1200F.
Date: August 31, 1965
Creator: Arnold, J. L.; Miller, K. J. & Peterson, R. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The High-Temperature Irradiation Behavior of Hypostoichiometric Uranium Monocarbide (open access)

The High-Temperature Irradiation Behavior of Hypostoichiometric Uranium Monocarbide

From abstract: A series of three multi-compartmented experiments was designed to investigate the irradiation behavior uranium carbide fuels, as a function of composition, temperature, and burn-up; and the mechanical properties of Type 304 stainless steel, as a function of temperature and integrated thermal neutron flux.
Date: August 31, 1965
Creator: Hahn, R. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Properties of Nuclear Craters, Report 3: Review and Analysis of Available Information on Slopes Excavated in Weak Shales (open access)

Engineering Properties of Nuclear Craters, Report 3: Review and Analysis of Available Information on Slopes Excavated in Weak Shales

This report provides information about slope stability problems which will arise if a new canal is excavated through the types of weak shale encountered along the present Panama Canal. It includes a discussion about the general problem and possible approaches, a review of previous experience, and a description of the new study.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Hirschfeld, R. C.; Whitman, Robert V. & Wolfskill, Lyle Anthony
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Dugout: Apparent Crater Studies (open access)

Project Dugout: Apparent Crater Studies

From abstract: This report analyzes the dimensions and geometry of the Dugout crater, produced by the detonation of a row of five 18,144 kg nitromethane charges in basalt, were analyzed.
Date: August 3, 1965
Creator: Spruill, Joseph L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Close-in Air Blast from a Row Charge in Basalt (open access)

Close-in Air Blast from a Row Charge in Basalt

From abstract: Close-in air blast measurements were made on the Dugout shot. Major constituents of the blast wave were the ground-shock-induced pulse and the pulse from venting gases. The ground-shock-induced pulse was the dominant one at all stations.
Date: August 4, 1965
Creator: Vortman, Luke J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Sulky: Preshot Geologic Investigations (open access)

Project Sulky: Preshot Geologic Investigations

From abstract: A comprehensive geologic and engineering investigation was undertaken at the site on Buckboard Mesa selected for the SULKY event, a nuclear cratering experiment, conducted in dry basalt.
Date: August 4, 1965
Creator: Nugent, R. C. & Banks, D. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
SRE Heat Transfer System Demolition (open access)

SRE Heat Transfer System Demolition

From introduction: This report details the extensive modifications to the SRE heat transfer systems required to accomplish increased capacity objectives.
Date: August 31, 1965
Creator: Nicholson, J. O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical Methods in Mass Spectrometry (open access)

Analytical Methods in Mass Spectrometry

Report discussing analysis of methods, where new methods were created to solve specific problems as it relates to mass spectrometry.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Sharkey, A. G., Jr.; Shultz, J. L. & Friedel, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermodynamic and Related Properties of Parahydrogen From the Triple Point to 100 K at Pressures to 340 Atmospheres (open access)

Thermodynamic and Related Properties of Parahydrogen From the Triple Point to 100 K at Pressures to 340 Atmospheres

From Introduction: "In the present report, therefore, polynomials representing isotherms and isochores are combined with numerical methods of computation for the purpose of improving accuracy, in particular for the derivatives of the P-p-T surface."
Date: August 10, 1965
Creator: Roder, H. M.; Weber, L. A. & Goodwin, R. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The HASL Bone Program 1961-1964 (open access)

The HASL Bone Program 1961-1964

Report documenting the measuring of strontium-90 levels contained in the bones of children and adults of various age brackets across the United States.
Date: August 16, 1965
Creator: Rivera, Joseph & Harley, John H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self-Sustained Hydrodynamic Oscillations in a Natural Circulation Two-Phase-Flow Boiling Loop (open access)

Self-Sustained Hydrodynamic Oscillations in a Natural Circulation Two-Phase-Flow Boiling Loop

Analysis of a class of steady magnetohydrodynamic channel flow problems when natural, as well as forced, convection is important.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Jain, Kamal C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Reactor Containment Technology: a Compilation of Current Practice in Analysis, Design, Construction, Test, and Operation, Volume 1 (open access)

U.S. Reactor Containment Technology: a Compilation of Current Practice in Analysis, Design, Construction, Test, and Operation, Volume 1

First volume of a compilation of information about reactor containment, written by experts from a variety of organizations.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Cottrell, William B. & Savolainen, A. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microwave Impedance Measurements and Standards (open access)

Microwave Impedance Measurements and Standards

Report presenting a survey and discussion of well-known microwave impedance measurement techniques. The discussion includes an introduction which emphasizes basic concepts and reflection coefficient-voltage standing-wave ratio relationships. Sources of error in the various measurement techniques are discussed and methods to reduce errors are presented. Methods using rotating loops and resonance lines are included and a brief discussion of microwave impedance standards is given.
Date: August 12, 1965
Creator: Beatty, Robert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library