A Simple Treatment of 'Snowplow' Models of Explosions

Abstract

By using simple bulk conservation laws, some expansion properties of a spherical explosion in an ambient gas are found. These results compare favorably with those resulting from earlier snowplow models which require extensive, detailed calculations. Hydrodynamic expansion; Ionospheric propagation; Spherical explosion; Ambient gas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 05, 1989
Accession Number
ADA219546

Entities

People

  • Christopher Sherman

Organizations

  • Air Force Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atmospheres
  • Classification
  • Continuum Mechanics
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Gases
  • High Altitude
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Mach Number
  • Mechanics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Physics
  • Rarefied Atmospheres
  • Security

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.