Professor Brett Neilan
Manufacturing and sensing of environmental biotoxins
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Damage probability of protective structures against earth penetration weapons
Soil and rock formations are typically composed of layers of materials with varying strength, as well as joints and fractures.
Our research is studying the damage probability of deeply buried protective structures against earth-penetration weapons based on random field theory, experimental studies and numerical simulations that consider the inherently heterogeneous nature of earth materials.
Competitive advantage
New design methods for deeply buried protective structures based on:
- Rigorous random field theory
- Cutting-edge numerical simulations
- Advanced experimental tests
Successful applications of research
- Replacing current empirical design methods for deeply buried protective structures
- Understanding the failure of deeply buried protective structures under earth-penetration weapons
- Developing new deeply buried protective structures for specific needs
- Assisting the design of earth-penetration weapons
Partners
- Colorado School of Mines, USA
- Dalhousie University, Canada
Impact
- Improve current empirical design methods
- Increase safety of protective structures
- Reduce construction cost of protective structures
Capabilities and facilities
- Simulation codes of random fields
- Advanced numerical codes for simulating failure of geomaterials under high-speed impacts
- Test facilities for physical and mechanical properties of soils and rocks
More information
Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical Science and Engineering
T: +61 2 4921 5118
E: jinsong.huang@newcastle.edu.au
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