Accession Number:
ADA553499
Title:
The Response of Small Scale Rigid Targets to Shallow Buried Explosive Detonations
Descriptive Note:
Journal article
Corporate Author:
ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD WEAPONS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH DIRECTORATE
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2011-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
16.0
Abstract:
Experimental and computational investigations were performed in order to better understand the mechanical response of rigid targets with various geometries to the detonation of shallow buried explosives. The motion of the targets was measured by use of high-speed digital video photography. This work involved flat targets, targets that were downwardly convex, and targets that were downwardly concave with explosive charges located at various positions beneath the targets. It was observed that, in general, angled hulls whether downwardly concave or convex tended to reduce the amount of momentum imparted to the center of mass of the targets. Computations were performed by use of an arbitrary Langrangian Eulerian treatment in a nonlinear finite element code. A model based on quasistatic test evaluations of wet concrete sand was used for prediction of the soil behavior. The computational technique provided very good agreement between computation and experiment.
Descriptors:
- *BLAST
- *BURIED OBJECTS
- *DETONATIONS
- *EXPLOSIVES
- CONVEX BODIES
- DIGITAL RECORDING SYSTEMS
- DIGITAL SYSTEMS
- EXPLOSIVE CHARGES
- HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY
- MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
- MOMENTUM
- NONLINEAR ANALYSIS
- PREDICTIONS
- REPRINTS
- SOIL MECHANICS
- SURFACE TARGETS
- TARGET DETECTION
- TEST AND EVALUATION
- UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
Subject Categories:
- Ammunition and Explosives