{"id":6981,"date":"2023-06-26T10:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hemi.jhu.edu\/mseeura\/?p=6981"},"modified":"2023-07-28T13:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T17:42:20","slug":"from-illinois-for-nytimes-glumac-weighs-in-on-ukrainian-dam-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hemi.jhu.edu\/mseeura\/from-illinois-for-nytimes-glumac-weighs-in-on-ukrainian-dam-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"From Illinois: ‘For NYTimes, Glumac weighs in on Ukrainian dam collapse’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following article<\/a> was originally published on 6\/7\/23 by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering<\/a> and features Nick Glumac, Research Area 3 Lead.<\/em><\/p>\n

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MSEE Research Area 3 Lead Nick Glumac, speaking at the 2023 Annual Technical Review<\/p><\/div>\n

In a June 7 article the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0reported on an explosion that took place the day before that resulted in the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, which sits on the front line of the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n

MechSE’s Shao Lee Soo Professor\u00a0Nick Glumac<\/a>, an explosives expert, agreed with other scholars and experts that it seemed likely the dam was destroyed by an internal explosion.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to be limited in how much a warhead can carry,\u201d said Nick Glumac, an engineering professor and explosives expert at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. \u201cEven a direct hit may not take out the dam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis takes a significant amount of energy,\u201d he said. \u201cYou think about the forces on the structure in operation \u2014 they are immense. You have the water force, which is massive. This is not like holding on by a thread; these things are tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full story on the NYTimes website >><\/a><\/p>\n

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Update, June 16:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Glumac’s expertise was again sought out by the NY Times for his input on the dam explosion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s worth remembering that you don\u2019t have to pulverize the dam section, just break it enough such that the water pressure is enough to tear it away,\u201d Professor Glumac said.<\/p>\n

Still, Professor Glumac said that based on diagrams of the dam and the latest imagery of the destroyed foundation, \u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to see how anything other than an internal explosion in the passageway could account for the damage.\u201d He added, \u201cThat\u2019s a massive amount of concrete to move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the story on the NYTimes website >><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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