Civil Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

7-30-1970

Abstract

An analytic derivation for the constitutive relation governing the response of soil to high intensity shock loading is presented. The derivation is based on the contemporary theory of mixtures. Soil is envisioned as a three component mixture (solids, water, and air) and jump equations for each of the components are derived. Mass, momentum, and energy transfer between the various components is allowed and it is assumed that the solid and water components obey a Mie-Gruneisen equation of state. A mixture Hugoniot is developed and compared with published experimental results.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Civil Engineering

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Civil Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

Marion Marvin Cottrell

Second Committee Member

Howard Linn Schreyer

Third Committee Member

Gerald William May

Fourth Committee Member

Richard Clyde Metzler

Fifth Committee Member

Frederick Dsuin Ju

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