A Novel Experimental Technique to Simulate Shock Behaviour and Bursting Failure of Roadways

Figure 5

Model building procedure: (a) removing the empty model box from the facility, (b) filling the model box with model materials, (c) air-drying the model, (d) returning the model box to the facility, (e) putting the impact on top of the model, (f) installing sensors and applying loads, and (g) the schematic diagram of the test procedure.