dynamic response of underground structures has always been a topic of concern for designers and researchers. the behavior of these complicated systems under blast loading is affected by various factors and parametric studies are required to investigate their significance. the importance of soil density around the underground structure through which, the waves of explosion of a penetrator bomb i...

Dynamic response of underground structures has always been a topic of concern for designers and researchers. The behavior of these complicated systems under blast loading is affected by various factors and parametric studies are required to investigate their significance. The importance of soil density around the underground structure through which, the waves of explosion of a penetrator bomb i...

Strong ground motions induce large dynamic stress changes that may disturb the magma chamber of a volcano, thus accelerating the volcanic activity. An underground nuclear explosion test near an active volcano constitutes a direct treat to the volcano. This study examined the dynamic stress changes of the magma chamber of Baekdusan (Changbaishan) that can be induced by hypothetical North Korean ...

It is remarkable that the most recent nuclear test explosion, by North Korea (2006 October 9), although quite small, was well-detected teleseismically. We describe how this event was promptly identified as an explosion and not an earthquake, on the basis of regionally recorded signals, in a region that apparently would have permitted such identification even if the test had been much smaller. T...

Rock dusting to prevent coal dust explosions has been in widespread use in U.S. underground coal mines since the early 1900s. Underground coal mining technology has changed significantly over this same time period, becoming highly mechanized and produces finer coal dust particles which are more explosive. Despite the advances in mining technology, mine-wide dust sampling practices have remained...

For simple theoretical models of an underground explosion, two apparently different relationships between isotropic moment and volume change have been published. We show that there is no inconsistency, because these relationships are based on two different definitions of volume change at the explosion source. We report observations of three 25-ton chemical explosions conducted in 1997 at the fo...