Shock Compression of Simulated Adobe
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Authors
Braithwaite, CH
Church, PD
Gould, PJ
Stewart, B
Jardine, AP
Abstract
A series of plate impact experiments were conducted to investigate the shock response of a simulant for adobe, a traditional form of building material widely used around the world. Air dried bricks were sourced from the London brick company, dry machined and impacted at a range of velocities in a single stage gas gun. The shock Hugoniot was determined (Us =2.26up+0.37) as well as release information. The material was found to behave in a manner which was similar to that of loose sand and considerably less stiff than a weak porous sandstone. The effect of any cementing of the grains was examined by shocking powdered samples contained within a cell arrangement.
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37 Earth Sciences, 40 Engineering, 3705 Geology
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AIP Conference Proceedings
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19th Biennial Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
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0094-243X
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1793
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AIP Publishing
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The research was funded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (part of UK MoD) under the Weapons Science and Technology Centre.