Mine impact burial experiment
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Chu, Peter C.
Smith, Timothy B.
Haeger, Steven D.
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Mine impact burial prediction experiment
(MIBEX), mine impact burial prediction model (IMPACT25), gravity core, and sediment transport
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2002
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2002
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Mine Impact Burial Prediction Experiment
(MIBEX) was conducted at Monterey Bay on May 23, 2000 using a simulated mine. During the experiment, we carefully observe mine track and mine burial depth while simultaneously taking gravity cores. After analyzing the gravity cores, we obtain the bottom sediment shear strength data set. Such synchronous mine burial depth and shear strength data were used to evaluate the Navy's Impact Burial Prediction Model (IBPM) which creates a two-dimensional time history of a bottom mine as it falls through air, water, and sediment. The output of the model is the predicted burial depth of the mine in the sediment in meters, as well as height, area, and volume protruding. Model input consists of environmental parameters and mine characteristics, as well as parameters describing the mine’s release. The MIBEX data show that the current IBPM model needs to be improved.
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Fifth International Symposium on Technology and Mine Problem, Society for Counter-Ordnance Technology, Monterey
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Department of Oceanography
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Chu, P.C., T. B. Smith, and S.D. Haeger, 2002: Mine impact burial experiment. Fifth International Symposium on Technology and Mine Problem, The Journal of Counter-Ordnance Technology (Fifth International Symposium on Technology and Mine Problem)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.