Estimating External Blast Loads from Suppressive Structures

Abstract

This report describes methods for predicting blast overpressure outside suppressive structures. Prediction curves are in scaled form. Data are compred to free-field data for large high-explosive detonations on the ground.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA025503

Entities

People

  • E. D. Esparza

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Ammunition
  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Free Field
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Numbers
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Structural Dynamics.