Blasting and Blast Effects in Cold Regions. Part 1. Air Blast

Abstract

Contents: Ideal blast waves in free air; The shock equations for air blast; Scaling procedures for comparison of explosions; Reflection and refraction of airblast; Effect of charge height, or height of burst; Attenuation of air blast and variation of shock front properties; Air blast from nuclear explosions; Air blast from underground explosions; Air blast from underwater explosions; Air blast damage criteria; Effects of ambient pressure and temperature; Explosions in vacuum or in space; Air blast attenuation over snow surfaces; Shock reflection from snow surfaces; Shock velocity over snow; Variation of shock pressure with charge height over snow; Release of avalanches by air blast. Keyword: Graphs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA166315

Entities

People

  • Malcolm Mellor

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Cold Regions
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Engineering
  • Explosion Effects
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Ground Level
  • Height Of Burst
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Shock Waves
  • Underground Explosions
  • Underwater Explosions
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster