The effect of degree of saturation of sand on detonation phenomena associated with shallow-buried and ground-laid mines

Shock and Vibration

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-61

  Grujicic, M ^a,c   Pandurangan, B ^a   Cheeseman, B A ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AUTODYN; Detonation; Mine impulse pendulum; Shallow buried mine

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DETONATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINES;

AUTODYN; MINE-IMPULSE PENDULUM; SHALLOW BURIED MINE;

SAND;

EID: 33244484804     PISSN: 10709622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/652405     Document Type: Article

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