Accession Number:

AD0262819

Title:

ON THE RESPONSE OF SHOCK-SPECTRUM GAUGES

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

TRW SPACE TECHNOLOGY LABS LOS ANGELES CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• MILES,JOHN W.

Report Date:

1958-06-26

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

An approximate analysis for the maximum response of a buried, simple harmonic oscillator shockspectrum gauge to a blast wave moving along the surface is carried out on the assumption of essentially one-dimensional, elastic wave propagation from surface to gauge. The result is of the form q sub m p sub m Trho c F sub m omega T, where q sub m denotes maximum displacement, p sub m peak overpressure, T duration of positive pressure, rho soil density, c dilatational wave speed, omega natural frequency of oscillator, and F sub m the maximum value of the convolution of the pressure signature. Author

Descriptors:

• *INTEGRALS
• *NUMERICAL INTEGRATION
• *OSCILLATORS
• *PRESSURE GAGES
• *SHOCK WAVES
• *SOILS
• BLAST
• DENSITY
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
• MEASUREMENT
• PRESSURE
• WAVE PROPAGATION

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE