SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1965
STP41280S

A Technique For Measurement of Shock-Induced Soil-Structural Motion

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Two new gages, a free-field gage and a soil-structure gage, have been developed. The spherical free-field gage employs a piezoelectric accelerometer to measure actual ground motion with parameters of relative soil density and and diameter-to-wavelength ratio. The soil-structure gage measures accelerations of the buried structure and uses a piston acting on a helical spring. A comparison of the outputs of of the two gages permits evaluation of the accelerations of both soil and structure as a function of mean density and stiffness of the interface. Tests were performed in the laboratory by having falling weights impact a sand bin and in the field in clay soil medium using Forcite charges to initiate the shock.

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McCutcheon, J., O.
McGill University, Montreal, P. Q., Canada
Yong, R., N.
McGill University, Montreal, P. Q., Canada
Savage, S., B.
McGill University, Montreal, P. Q., Canada
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Developed by Committee: D18
Pages: 82–93
DOI: 10.1520/STP41280S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-6011-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-6165-8