Accession Number:

AD0743862

Title:

Fundamental Studies of Medium-Structure Interaction. Report 1. Finite Element Analysis of Buried Cylinders.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MISS

Personal Author(s):

• Kirkland,Jesse L.
• Walker,Robert E.

Report Date:

1972-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

63.0

Abstract:

A finite element computer program was adopted and modified to perform static analysis of buried structures. Two separate variable-moduli soil models were used in the code to analyze the response of 6-inch-diameter cylinders having wall thicknesses of 18, 14, and 38 inch when buried to a depth of 9 inches in dry sand and subjected to a static overpressure. The computed results were compared with experimental results obtained from static tests of these cylinders in the Waterways Experiment Station Small Blast Load Generator. Author

Descriptors:

• (*UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES
• RESPONSE)
• (*NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES)
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• LOADS(FORCES)
• PRESSURE
• STRESSES
• INTERACTIONS
• SOILS

Subject Categories:

• Structural Engineering and Building Technology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE