Clarke, S.D., Fay, S.D., Warren, J.A. et al. (5 more authors) (2015) Geotechnical causes for variations in output measured from shallow buried charges. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 86. 274 - 283. ISSN 0734-743X
Abstract
The role of the geotechnical conditions on the impulse delivered by a shallow buried charge has received much attention in recent times. As the importance of the soil in these events has become better understood, the control over the geotechnical conditions has improved. While previous work has investigated directly the role of geotechnical conditions on the magnitude of the impulse from a buried charge, the current work aims to identify how these same conditions also affect the repeatability of testing using soils. In this paper the authors draw together their work to date for a wide range of different soil types and moisture contents to investigate the variation in output from nominally identical tests. The methodology for the preparation of soil beds and the measurement of impulse is described along with the measured variations in peak and residual deflections of a target plate fixed to the impulse measurement apparatus.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal of Impact Engineering. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Buried charges; Impulse; Geotechnics; Soil; IEDs |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Civil and Structural Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2015 15:27 |
Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2017 05:02 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2015.08.009 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2015.08.009 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90210 |