DESIGN DESCRIPTION OF MELTING-CONSOLIDATING PROTOTYPE SUBTERRENE PENETRATORS

Design details of prototype, refractory metal, melting- consolidating penetrators are given. These rock-melting penetrators form a glass lining on the hole and thus obviate the need for debris removal. In field tests, vertical holes up to 25 m (85 ft) deep and a horizontal hole 16 m long have been completed successfully in tuff. Glass-lined holes have been made in various samples of soils, shales, and wet and dry alluvium. This type of penetrator has been included in the recently completed portable, modularized field demonstration unit. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
• Corporate Authors:

  Los Alamos National Laboratory

  P.O. Box 1663
  Los Alamos, NM  United States  87545
• Authors:
  • Neudecker, J W
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deserts; Equipment; Excavating equipment; Excavation and tunneling; Field tests; Melting; Pendulum tests; Prototypes; Rock excavation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126359
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: LA-5212-MS
• Contract Numbers: W-7405-ENG.36
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1976 12:00AM