Part V. An experimental study of the collapse of fluid columns on a rigid horizontal plane, in a medium of lower, but comparable, density

Abstract

Abstract The results of an investigation of collapse of fluid right-circular cylinders in a medium of comparable density are described. Qualitative and quantitative similarities between the surges produced by the collapse of such columns and the base surge observed at Bikini are examined, and by the use of simple scaling laws, an estimate of the quantity of finely divided water in the stem of the column of the Bikini plume is obtained.