The intense stress field produced in the elastic earth by a bomb blast at the surface

A government research report

Hyman Serbin

ResearchPublished 1957

A theory for determining the free stress field in the earth caused by a bomb blast at the surface. It is assumed that the earth is an elastic solid. The analysis is confined to the intense stress field developed shortly after the burst. Stresses and displacements are calculated which can be compared with test data when available.

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Serbin, Hyman, The intense stress field produced in the elastic earth by a bomb blast at the surface: A government research report. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1957. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1967.html.
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