TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Glossary 
Abstract 
I. 
II. 
I. 
IV. 
10. 
INTRODUCTION 
1. Nature of Problem 
EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS 
2. Charges 
3. Instrumentation 
4e Rig 
RESULTS 
5. Pressure-Time Curves 
6. Experimental Data 
DISCUSSION 
7. Non-Linear Interaction of Shock Waves 
8. Time Phenomena 
A. Gauge Position A, 
B. Gauge Position B, 
Detonator 
C. Gauge Position C, 
One End Detonated 
D. Gauge Position C, 
on Charge Axis, Near Detonator 
on Charge Axis, Away from 
in Charge-Bisecting Plane. 
in Bisecting Plane, Both 
Ends Detonated Simultaneously 
9. Pressure, Impulse, and Energy Measurementr 
LIST OF REFERENCES 
TEE 
LIST OF 
Diaphragm Gauge Measurements 
TABLES 
Piezoelectric Gauge Results from 50 1b TNT Lins 
Charges 
Diaphragm Gauge Results from 50 1b TNT Line 
Charges 
Expressions for the Arrival Times at a Gauge of 
Shock Waves from Various Parts of a Line Charge 
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Ae RF BRL 
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