Explosive Shocks in Air

A purpose of science is to organize diversified factual knowledge into a coherent body of information, and to present this from the simplest possible viewpoint. This is a formidable task where our knowledge is incomplete, as it is with explosions. Here one runs the risk of oversimplification, naivet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kinney, Gilbert F., Graham, Kenneth J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1985, 1985
Edition:2nd ed. 1985
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Explosions
  • 2. Thermodynamics of Explosions
  • 3. Characteristics of Air
  • 4. The Shock Front
  • 5. Reflected Shock
  • 6. Blast Waves
  • 7. The Scaling Law
  • 8. Explosion Overpressures
  • 9. Internal Blast
  • 10. Dynamic Blast Loads
  • 11 Structure Response
  • Tutorial Exercises
  • Answers to Tutorial Exercises
  • Tables