Airblast was measured perpendicular to and off the ends of row-charge explosions and compared with airblast from single charges. It was found that Prow was approx. n(B) Psingle, where P is peak overpressure and n the number of charges. B was different for each blast parameter examined: ground-shock-induced peak overpressure, peak overpressure from venting gas, peak negative pressure, and positive and negative impulse. Values of P increased as spacing decreased. Airblast was always greater perpendicular to the row than off the end, by an amount which increased as the number of charges increased.

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On Diamond Ore shot 6M, a 17 ton charge of nitromethane located at a depth of burial of 5.85 meters (19.2 feet) in Bear Paw clay shale, Physics International Company measured (1) shock velocity up the unstemmed hole from charge surface to the ground surface, (2) stress at three locations along two radial lines 90 degrees apart, (3) horizontal and vertical particle velocity at one location along each radial line, and (4) airblast overpressures at the ground surface. Shock velocity up the unstemmed hole was twice the predicted value. Peak stresses were lower than predictions. Difficulties were encountered in measuring particle velocity because accelerations were higher than expected. Surface-level peak overpressures were greater than predicted for a buried TNT charge and less than the Sprint in-cell measurements.