Centrifuge Modelling the Protection of Buried Structures Subjected to Blast Loading
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Published:1992
M.C.R. Davies, A.J. Williams, 1992. "Centrifuge Modelling the Protection of Buried Structures Subjected to Blast Loading", Structures Under Shock and Impact II: Proceedings of the Second International Conference, held in Portsmouth, U.K., 16th–18th June, 1992, P.S. Bulson
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Centrifuge model tests have been conducted to investigate the feasibility of protecting buried structures from the effects of buried explosives by the use of a barrier formed of a low acoustic impedance material. In the tests the attenuation of stress waves was monitored in the free-field and in the zone behind the barrier using earth pressure cells. Dynamic soil/structure interaction of both protected and unprotected structures was investigated with a combination of strain gauges and accelerometers. The structures were observed to respond to two distinct loading mechanisms. These together with the other results of the experiments are presented.
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