Blast waves /

Blast waves /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Needham, Charles E., author.
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018] ©2018
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Shock wave and high pressure phenomena Shock wave and high pressure phenomena.
Subject:	Blast effect. Shock waves. Blast effect. Shock waves.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11541829

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ISBN:	9783319653822 3319653822 3319653814 9783319653815 9783319653815
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 18, 2017).
Summary:	This book examines blast waves--their methods of generation, their propagation in several dimensions through the real atmosphere and layered gases, and their interactions with simple structures--thereby providing a broad overview of the field. The intended audience has a basic knowledge of algebra and a good grasp of the concepts of conservation of mass and energy. The text includes an introduction to blast wave terminology and conservation laws, and there is a discussion of units and the importance of consistency. This new edition of Blast Waves has been thoroughly updated and includes two new chapters that cover numerical hydrodynamics and blast injury. Authored by an expert with over forty years of experience in the field of blast and shock, this book offers many lessons as well as a historical perspective on developments in the field.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783319653815
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-65382-2

Table of Contents:

Some Basic Air Blast Definitions
The Rankine-Hugoniot Relations
Formation of Blast Waves
Ideal High Explosive Detonation Waves
Cased Explosives
Blast Wave Propagation
Boundary Layers
Particulate Entrainment and Acceleration
Instabilities
Measurement Techniques
Scaling Blast Parameters
Blast Wave Reflections
Height of Burst Effects
Structure Interactions
External Detonations
Internal Detonations
Simulation Techniques
Some Notes on Non-ideal Explosives
Modeling Blast Waves.