Vertical impulse measurements of mines buried in saturated sand

Fragblast

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-28

  Taylor, Leslie C ^a   Skaggs, R R ^b   Gault, W ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried charges; Saturated sand; Test; Vertical impulse; VIMF

Indexed keywords

DETONATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINES; SAND; SOILS;

BURIED CHARGES; SATURATED SAND; VERTICAL IMPULSE; VERTICAL IMPULSE MEASUREMENT FIXTURE;

EXPLOSIVES;

EXPLOSIVE; MILITARY APPLICATION;

EID: 24944539303     PISSN: 1385514X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13855140500125557     Document Type: Article

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