LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS ON THE RESPONSE OF SOILS TO SHOCK LOADINGS

Abstract

Research was carried out to develop, on the basis of direct measurements, mathematical models suit able for describing the propagation of a compression shock wave through soils-principally through partly saturated clays. This interim report deals with the selection of a suitable type of laboratory test and with the design, calibration, and use of gages to measure stress and strain in the vicinity of a point during the propagation of a shock wave. Preliminary results from tests on samples of compacted clay are also included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0402753

Entities

People

  • G. A. Leonards

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Calibration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Gages
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Shock
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves
  • Strain Gages
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stress Waves
  • Universities
  • Waves

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.