Camouflets and their effect on runway support

Computers and Structures

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 695-706

  Bull, J W ^a   Woodford, C H ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Camouflet; Computer modelling; Finite element; Runaways; Subbase; Underground explosion

Indexed keywords

DETONATION; EXPLOSIVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS;

CAMOUFLETS; RUNWAY SUPPORT; SUBBASE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0032293089     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00135-7     Document Type: Article

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