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• SCALE MODEL "ATOMIC BOMB" TESTS. In 



preparation for the Bikini tests a number of scale 

 model experiments were conducted at the Taylor 

 Model Basin near Washington D. C. to aid in 

 estimating the size and character of waves that 

 would be produced by the actual atomic bomb 

 explosions. Scale model Victory ships were con- 

 structed of thin sheets of brass and floated in the 

 "lagoon" shown above. Scaled amounts of TNT 

 were used to simulate the atomic bombs. These 

 tests were made in a specially-constructed tank 

 known as "Little Bikini." Other studies were made 

 on a larger scale, using 500-pound amounts of 

 explosive, in tests conducted at the Naval Mine 

 Warfare Test Station at Patuxent, Maryland. In 

 both types of scaled experiments effects noted 

 were the size of the water crater, height, persis- 

 tency and diffusion of plumes. OPPOSITE. Scale 

 charge is detonated. 



