SHEAR AND LONGITUDINAL WAVES FROM H E DETONATIONS IN TUFF - COMPARISON OF TUFF AND GRANITE DATA

Abstract

Contents: Instrumentation; Test Site; Shear Wave Generation-Test purpose, Experimental procedure, Data analysis, Discussion of results, Conclusions; Characteristic Impedance Coupling-Test purpose, Experimental procedure, Strain, Particle acceleration, Particle velocity, Period data, Crushed zone measurements, Calibration and other data; Correlations and discussion-Particle motion, Energy transfer, Characteristic impedance and particle motion, Particle acceleration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0419454

Entities

People

  • Harry R. Nicholls
  • Verne E. Hooker

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Elastic Waves
  • Energy Transfer
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Secondary Waves
  • Shock Waves
  • Surveys
  • Tensile Strain
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.