The Relationship Between Material Properties, Residual Stresses and Cavity Radius Due to a Nuclear Explosion.

Abstract

The influence of material properties on the magnitude of the residual stresses around a nuclear cavity is examined. Particular attention in given to the effect on peak transverse residual stresses of parametrically varying material properties such as water content, percentage of air-filled voids, elastic properties, shear strength and depth of burial. The influence of these parametric variations on the final cavity radius is discussed. A correlation between peak residual stress and cavity radius is noted; a larger cavity radius implies a smaller residual stress. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA109718

Entities

People

  • Norton Rimer

Organizations

  • Utility Systems Science and Software (United States)

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulk Modulus
  • Elastic Properties
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Ideal Gas Law
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Payload
  • Peak Values
  • Porous Materials
  • Residual Stress
  • Shear Modulus
  • Shear Strength
  • Stress Waves
  • Stresses
  • Tensile Strength
  • Yield Strength

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Reinforced Composite Materials