Development of a 1.22-m-Diam Dynamic Air Overpressure Soil Test Facility.
Abstract
A large cold-gas-operated air overpressure test facility has been designed, fabricated, and installed at the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station to test soil specimens 1.22 m in diameter and up to 5.03 m in length under static and blast-type loading conditions. A series of preliminary tests was conducted to evaluate the loading characteristics and overall performance of the facility and to compare results of uniaxial strain tests on dry sand conducted in the large facility with well documented and generally accepted results of tests on similar sand specimens conducted in a previously developed 12.70-cm-diam uniaxial strain test device.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA013391
Entities
People
- Richard C. Sloan
- Stafford S. Cooper