ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF NUCLEAR CRATERS. REPORT 6. THEORETICAL STUDIES OF CRATERING MECHANISMS AFFECTING THE STABILITY OF CRATERED SLOPES, PHASE III.
Abstract
The third phase of the overall project is devoted to study of cratering phenomena in three specific situations that are of particular interest in engineering practice, namely: (1) the situation where the cratered medium is submerged under the water table; (2) the situation where the surface of the cratered medium is sloped; (3) the situation where several explosive charges are set off simultaneously in a medium. Thus, Chapter I is devoted to the experimental study of cratering phenomena in saturated or submerged media. Chapter II describes the experiments in which pore-fluid stress waves caused by an explosion in a mass of submerged, dense sand were measured and discussed, with particular emphasis on possible residual pore-fluid stresses. Chapter III is devoted to the problem of craters formed by explosions close to the sloped surface of a semi-infinite medium. Chapter IV deals with cratering phenomena caused by multiple charges, where coalescence of cavities may occur following detonation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0668247
Entities
People
- Aleksandar S. Vesic
- Gordon P. Boutwell Jr.
- Tien-lie Tai
Organizations
- Duke University