TRANSLATIONAL EFFECTS OF AIR BLAST FROM HIGH EXPLOSIVES

Abstract

The results of a theoretical study concerning computed velocity, displacement, and acceleration as functions of time for a variety of objects exposed to blast waves with 12 maximum overpressures ranging from 1 to 20 atm are presented. Although all computations were made for 1 ton of high explosives burst in free air, the results may be readily scaled to lower or higher yields and to surface bursts. The translated objects, or missiles, are identified in this study by their acceleration coefficients which range from 0. 01 to 6.0 sq ft/lb.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0296388

Entities

People

  • Clayton S. White
  • I. G. Bowen
  • Mary E. Franklin
  • Paul B. Woodworth

Organizations

  • Lovelace Foundation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biological Sciences
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Health Services
  • High Explosives
  • Medical Personnel
  • New Mexico
  • Rodents
  • Surface Burst
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Explosive Engineering.