ON THE APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF LOCKING MEDIA TO GROUND SHOCK PHENOMENA

Abstract

Recent investigations on groundshock phenomena indicate that the dynamic response of certain non-linear (locking) media may approximate the behavior of cohesive granular soils and porous rock under high pressures. The theory of wave propagation in such materials should have application to the design of underground shelters at very high pressure levels and may shed some addi tional light, by these relatively simple means on problems associated with phenomena near ground zero, in case of surface bursts or underground explosions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0408649

Entities

People

  • Paul Weidlinger

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Ground Shock
  • Ground Zero
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • New York
  • Shock Waves
  • Spherical Waves
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses

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  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.