Shock and blast attenuation by aqueous foam barriers: Influences of barrier geometry

Shock Waves

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-47

  Ball, G J ^a   East, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous foam; Blast wave attenuation; Free Lagrange method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033409333     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001930050137     Document Type: Article

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