Accession Number:

AD0450999

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF USE OF ACCELEROMETERS FOR TRANSIENT DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS

Personal Author(s):

• Runko, R. F.

Report Date:

1964-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

Thisreport describes numerical integration techniques which were applied to transient acceleration records at the Waterways Experiment Station. The methods studied were the trapezoidal, Simpsons, and Weddles rules. Results of tests described in this report indicated that the trapezoidal rule was superior to the others for the type of transient acceleration records studied. Appendix A describes a theory for developing a new shock-measuring instrument, formulated by W. P. Welch. Author

Descriptors:

• *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• EXPLOSION EFFECTS
• ACCELERATION
• EXPLOSION EFFECTS
• MEASUREMENT
• BLAST
• STRUCTURES
• MOTION
• NUMERICAL INTEGRATION
• INSTRUMENTATION
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE