Direct Observation of Transverse Stresses: The Tangential Stress Gage

Abstract

The object of the work was to measure dynamic constitutive properties of geologic materials in-situ by an accurate gage able to measure principal stresses normal to the propagation vector of a shock front.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0766510

Entities

People

  • Kerry D. Seifert
  • Robert P. Swift
  • Theodore F. Stubbs

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Boundaries
  • Constitutive Properties
  • Contracts
  • Data Reduction
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Frequency Response
  • Gas Guns
  • Impedance
  • Measurement
  • Physics
  • Power Supplies
  • Stress Waves
  • Stresses
  • Tensile Stress
  • Transducers

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Structural Dynamics.