THEORY OF THE SHOCK WAVE PRODUCED BY AN 
UNDERWATER EXPLOSION 
Stuart R. Brinkley, Jr. 
Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior 
and 
John G. Kirkwood 
California Institute of Technology 
American Contribution 
1950 
Editors Note: 
This paper summarizes and condenses a large amount 
of theoretical work carried on during the war and referred 
to in the text. The paper was written in order to combine 
and unify the presentation of this theoretical work for this 
Compendium. 
