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Jan 1961
Underground Structures Subject to Air Overpressure
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Volume 126, Issue 1
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An analytical procedure is presented for determining the damage to underground structures induced by pseudo-steady state air overpressure. By introducing appropriate assumptions from the fields of soil mechanics and structural dynamics, it is possible to derive analytical expressions that relate the parameters of the structure, the soil, and the loading as they affect the failure of the structure. The assumptions are stated and the derivation of the analytical procedure is presented, A separate section is devoted to the application of the procedure for the cases of analysis of the vulnerability of an underground structure and the design of an underground structure for any desired level of protection.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 126 • Issue 1 • January 1961
Pages: 1627 - 1642
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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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Ernest T. Selig, AM.ASCE
Research Engr., Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, Ill.
Keith E. McKee, M.ASCE
Research Engr., Structural Analysis Sect., Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, Ill.
Eben Vey, F.ASCE
Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Illinois Inst. of Tech. and Supervisor of Sect., Soil Mechanics, Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, Ill.
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