plastic zone

A region located adjacent to the rupture zone of an explosion crater and at an increased distance from the shot site, differing from the rupture zone by having less fracturing and only small permanent deformations.

Related terms:

• rupture zone
• shock zone
• Low-Velocity Zone
• plastic equilibrium
• plastic limit
• anacoustic zone
• equatorial dry zone
• zone
• Temperate Zone
• Zone of Saturation