Research Article
Jan 1962
Attenuation of Stress Waves in Bi-Linear Materials
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 127, Issue 1
Abstract
The attenuation of plane stress waves generated by a decaying surface pressure in a bi-linear medium is investigated, to obtain an approximate solution to the problem of a medium with a stress strain diagram of positive curvative. One-dimensional wave equations are derived, and it is demonstrated that, beyond a given distance from the surface, the intensity of the peak stress and particle velocity depends only on a single parameter. This result is of significance in establishing the relevant physical characteristics of granular soils which are subjected to high intensity nuclear surface blast pressures.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 127 • Issue 1 • January 1962
Pages: 352 - 363
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© 1962 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1962
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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Richard Skalak, M.ASCE
Assoc. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Columbia Univ., New York, (on leave at Trinity College, Cambridge Univ., England).
Paul Weidlinger, F.ASCE
Cons. Engr., New York, N. Y.
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