Example Test Site Experiments


Several examples of tests performed at the remote test site are described in the pages below. Other types of remote test site experiments not described here have involved:

Explosively driven flyer plates
Plane-wave explosive lenses
Ballistics tests
Vehicle response to air blast in the shock tube
Rock fragmentation and cratering
Earthquake simulation using explosives
Hardened airline luggage containers
Submarine models
Standard safety tests for explosive classification.




Ground Shock Calibration Experiments


Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture and Fire Tests


Impulsive Loading of Pressurized Composite Bottles


Projectile Penetration into Underwater Sediments


Stress Wave Measurements in Limestone


Fragment Impacts on Containment Structures


Air Blast Loading of Reinforced Concrete Walls


Missile Launch Tests




For more information about these experimental programs, please contact:

Dr. James D. Colton
Laboratory Director
Phone (650) 859-2208
e-mail: jcolton@unix.sri.com

Dr. James K. Gran
Associate Lab Director
Phone (650) 859-4472
e-mail: jkgran@unix.sri.com



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