Ground Surface Waves.

Abstract

The report presents an approach which provides an explanation of the appearance of concentric ridges at some explosive test sites. This investigation showed that the gravity effect on ground motion was important only for media with very low rigidity. This and the local soil condition suggest that the soil at those test sites might have been liquefied during a short time just after an explosion. Based on this assumption, a mathematical model was formulated and the results were in good agreement with the data observed in the Prairie Flat test. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0756256

Entities

People

  • I-min Yang

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Rigidity
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.