DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE ONE-DIMENSIONAL COMPRESSION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS SUBJECTED TO IMPULSE-TYPE LOADS

Abstract

A general-purpose test facility for determining the one-dimensional compression characteristics of soils subjected to impulse-type loads has been developed in order to help satisfy the ever-increasing demand for reliable soil- property data required in support of a wide variety of nuclear-weapons-effects- related problems. The design, fabrication, installation, and evaluation of the various elements which together comprise the test facility were accomplished. The various considerations involved in the design and evaluation of the newly developed test facility are discussed in detail, thus providing some insight into the types of factors which affect the experimental-accuracy capability of a one-dimensional compression test facility and thereby the reliability of the data obtained under any particular set of conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0680317

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  • Larry Schindler

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter WMD
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Civil Engineering
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamic Response
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Research Facilities
  • Soil Dynamics
  • Strain Gages
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Wave Propagation

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