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BLAST LOAD GENERATOR FACILITIES AND INVESTIGATIONS OF DYNAMICALLY LOADED CONCRETE SLABS *
Author(s) -
Flathau W. J.,
Dawsey J. V.,
Denton D. R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1968.tb12012.x
Subject(s) - engineering , operations research , military engineer , civil engineering , management , military science , economics
: Due to the complicated nature of many of the problems associated with weapons effects and to the moratorium on full-scale nuclear weapon tests, it was necessary to develop other means of obtaining needed experimental data; hence, laboratory facilities were developed to simulate the various effects associated with the detonation of a nuclear device. After a considerable amount of planning and effort, one such laboratory facility, the Blast Load Generator, was developed at the U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES). Recently the Blast Load Generator facility has been used to investigate the response of reinforced concrete slabs subjected to airblast loading.