{"id":{"repo_id":"uiuc","oai_identifier":"oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19311"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/uiuc/oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19311","repository":{"repo_id":"uiuc","name":"University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign","base_url":"https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh"},"display":{"title":"Development of a large-diameter gas gun for studies of gage validation and dynamic material properties","abstract":"A large diameter gas gun has been developed which fires a 4-ft diameter, 3,200 lb projectile downward at velocities up to 230 ft/sec. The impact of the projectile onto geologic or other material specimens beneath the gun provides precise shock environments for shock physics studies, especially the evaluation and validation of ground-motion instruments, and the development of dynamic material properties data for large specimens. This thesis describes the operating principle of the gun. A mathematical model of the gun is developed and compared with experiment results. Predictions of nuisance effects associated with testing, e.g., far-field ground motion and airblast, are compared with experiment results. Descriptions of target construction and testing procedures are given. Examples of stress and ground-motion data collected in sand targets are presented, as well as typical data-analysis procedures.","abstract_html":"A large diameter gas gun has been developed which fires a 4-ft diameter, 3,200 lb projectile downward at velocities up to 230 ft/sec. The impact of the projectile onto geologic or other material specimens beneath the gun provides precise shock environments for shock physics studies, especially the evaluation and validation of ground-motion instruments, and the development of dynamic material properties data for large specimens. This thesis describes the operating principle of the gun. A mathematical model of the gun is developed and compared with experiment results. Predictions of nuisance effects associated with testing, e.g., far-field ground motion and airblast, are compared with experiment results. Descriptions of target construction and testing procedures are given. Examples of stress and ground-motion data collected in sand targets are presented, as well as typical data-analysis procedures.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["White, Howard Grantham"],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Theoretical and Applied Mechanics","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Miller, Robert E."],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2011,"date_issued":"2011-05-07T12:03:32Z","date_published":"2011-05-07T12:03:32Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:12Z","subjects":["Applied Mechanics","Geophysics"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":["Copyright 1994 White, Howard Grantham"],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["AAI9512594","(UMI)AAI9512594"],"render_values":[{"text":"AAI9512594","href":null,"code":true},{"text":"(UMI)AAI9512594","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19311","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Miller, Robert E."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["White, Howard Grantham"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2011-05-07T12:03:32Z","10000-01-01","1994"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Theoretical and Applied Mechanics"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Applied Mechanics","Geophysics"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["eng"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["Copyright 1994 White, Howard Grantham"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["AAI9512594","(UMI)AAI9512594","http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19311"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["A large diameter gas gun has been developed which fires a 4-ft diameter, 3,200 lb projectile downward at velocities up to 230 ft/sec. The impact of the projectile onto geologic or other material specimens beneath the gun provides precise shock environments for shock physics studies, especially the evaluation and validation of ground-motion instruments, and the development of dynamic material properties data for large specimens. This thesis describes the operating principle of the gun. A mathematical model of the gun is developed and compared with experiment results. Predictions of nuisance effects associated with testing, e.g., far-field ground motion and airblast, are compared with experiment results. Descriptions of target construction and testing procedures are given. Examples of stress and ground-motion data collected in sand targets are presented, as well as typical data-analysis procedures.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:03:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9512594.pdf: 5176958 bytes, checksum: da51f1d0b14696a700ff2dcac4aa5c99 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1994","Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:36:05Z Item is restricted indefinitely.","Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:14:28-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission","ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission","U of I Only"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Development of a large-diameter gas gun for studies of gage validation and dynamic material properties"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Miller, Robert E."],"dc:creator":["White, Howard Grantham"],"dc:date":["2011-05-07T12:03:32Z","10000-01-01","1994"],"dc:description":["A large diameter gas gun has been developed which fires a 4-ft diameter, 3,200 lb projectile downward at velocities up to 230 ft/sec. The impact of the projectile onto geologic or other material specimens beneath the gun provides precise shock environments for shock physics studies, especially the evaluation and validation of ground-motion instruments, and the development of dynamic material properties data for large specimens. This thesis describes the operating principle of the gun. A mathematical model of the gun is developed and compared with experiment results. Predictions of nuisance effects associated with testing, e.g., far-field ground motion and airblast, are compared with experiment results. Descriptions of target construction and testing procedures are given. Examples of stress and ground-motion data collected in sand targets are presented, as well as typical data-analysis procedures.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:03:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9512594.pdf: 5176958 bytes, checksum: da51f1d0b14696a700ff2dcac4aa5c99 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1994","Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:36:05Z Item is restricted indefinitely.","Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:14:28-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission","ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission","U of I Only"],"dc:identifier":["AAI9512594","(UMI)AAI9512594","http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19311"],"dc:language":["eng"],"dc:rights":["Copyright 1994 White, Howard Grantham"],"dc:subject":["Applied Mechanics","Geophysics"],"dc:title":["Development of a large-diameter gas gun for studies of gage validation and dynamic material properties"],"dc:type":["text"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Theoretical and Applied Mechanics"],"thesis:degree_level":["Dissertation"],"thesis:degree_name":["Ph.D."],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:12Z"}