Mine Burial in Cohesive Sediments: Undrained Shear Strength Characterization

Abstract

A critical parameter in mine countermeasure (MCM) planning is the degree of mine impact burial in soft clay or silt seafloor sediments, the degree of burial being largely influenced by the shear strength of the sediments. Previously developed impact burial models show sediment shear strength to be a critical input parameter influencing the degree of embedment. The long term goal of this research is to develop a reliable means for estimating the sediment shear strength for input into mine impact burial models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2004
Accession Number
ADA613044

Entities

People

  • Charles Aubeny

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Bearing Capacity
  • Civil Engineering
  • Deceleration
  • Engineering
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Penetrometers
  • Resistance
  • Seabed
  • Sediments
  • Shear Strength
  • Strain Rate
  • Time Intervals
  • Universities

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  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.