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Jun 1961

Impact Waves in Sand: Theory Compared with Experiments on Sand Columns

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Publication: Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division
Volume 87, Issue 3

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Phenomenological theory is developed in order to study propagation of unidimensional compression waves in columns of sand; medium of theory is treated as elastic-plastic continuum; theory gives satisfactory agreement with experiments on stress propagation in 2 dry sands and with published experimental results.

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Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division
Volume 87Issue 3June 1961
Pages: 1 - 32

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Published in print: Jun 1961
Published online: Feb 12, 2021

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B. R. Parkin
Physics Dept., The RAND Corp., Santa Monica, Calif.

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