Comparison of simulation's results with experiment on water mitigation of an explosion

Shock and Vibration

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-80

  Chong, W K ^a   Lam, K Y ^a   Yeo, K S ^a   Liu, G R ^a   Chong, O Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Lands and Estates Organisaton   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DROP BREAKUP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHOCK WAVES;

AIRBLAST PRESSURE; IMPULSE DENSITY; MULTIMATERIAL EULERIAN FINITE ELEMENT CODE; WATER MITIGATION EFFECTS;

UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 0033296914     PISSN: 10709622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1999/790873     Document Type: Article

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