Techniques for gas gun studies of shock wave attenuation in snow

Shock compression of snow is of interest for its direct applications to such fields as planetary science and arctic and military engineering. A technique has been adopted using stress gauges embedded in gas gun targets of natural snow. The program was begun with efforts to identify and solve major e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brown, J. A., Gaffney, E. S., Blaisdell, G. L., Johnson, J. B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Los Alamos National Laboratory 1987
Subjects:
Stresses
Numerical Data 420000* > Engineering
Attenuation
Information
Snow
42 Engineering
Experimental Data
Shock Waves
Data
Atmospheric Precipitations
Arctic
Online Access:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1210369/
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Summary:Shock compression of snow is of interest for its direct applications to such fields as planetary science and arctic and military engineering. A technique has been adopted using stress gauges embedded in gas gun targets of natural snow. The program was begun with efforts to identify and solve major experimental difficulties. These difficulties and their solutions are described and data records obtained from preliminary tests are discussed. 8 refs., 3 figs.

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