Effects of Instrument Canister Placement Conditions on Ground Shock Measurements.

Abstract

A combined analytical/experimental study entitled 'Canister-Backfill-Medium Interaction' (CBMI) was conducted to investigate the effects of backfilling procedures on the response of ground motion instruments located in instrumentation boreholes during wave propagation experiments. The experimental portion was conducted by the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) and is reported herein. A companion analytical study was conducted by Agbabian Associates (AA), El Segundo, California. The analytical study attempted to calculate the measured motion-time histories by use of input load functions and material properties data. Results of the analytical effort are discussed in a separate report published by AA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA045999

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  • J. K. Ingram
  • M. B. Ford

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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Accelerometers
  • Artificial Soils
  • Blast Loads
  • California
  • Canisters
  • Construction
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Shear Strength
  • Stresses
  • Test Facilities
  • United States
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waveforms

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