A simple blast wave model for bursting spheres based on numerical simulation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 145-157

  Vanderstraeten, B ^a   Lefebvre, M ^b   Berghmans, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blast wave; Explosion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIVES; GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK WAVES; SPHERES; VELOCITY;

OVERPRESSURE; PRESSURIZED GAS; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EXPLOSIONS;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DANGEROUS GOODS; EXPLOSION; GAS; PRESSURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030130838     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3894(95)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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