Research Article
Jan 1961
Waves and Shocks in Locking and Dissipative Media
Authors: Mario G. Salvadori, F.ASCE, Richard Skalak, M.ASCE, and Paul Weidlinger, F.ASCEAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 126, Issue 1
Abstract
The propagation of stress waves and shocks in various inelastic media are studied for a semi-infinite body loaded at its free surface. The first type of material postulated is a locking medium, which responds elasto-plastically at low stress levels but behaves as a rigid body after it is compressed to a certain maximum strain. It is shown that a pressure pulse may generate either a supersonic shock wave, or a subsonic wave with an elastic precursor, or a purely elastic wave. All three phenomena may occur in the foregoing sequence. Criteria for the initiation, existence, and decay of the three types of wave fronts are given.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 126 • Issue 1 • January 1961
Pages: 305 - 333
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© 1961 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1961
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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Mario G. Salvadori, F.ASCE
Assoc., Paul Weidlinger, Cons. Engr., New York, and Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Columbia Univ., New York, N. Y.
Richard Skalak, M.ASCE
Assoc. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Columbia Univ., New York, N. Y.
Paul Weidlinger, F.ASCE
Cons. Engr., New York, N. Y.
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