Relation of fragment with air shock wave intensity for explosion in a shell

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1129-1141

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Miao, Chang Qing ^a   Lin, Da Chao ^a,b   Bai, Chun Hua ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air shock wave; Explosion; Fragment; Projectile shell

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; EXPLOSIONS; IMPACT TESTING; ORDNANCE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROJECTILES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FRAGMENTATIONS;

SHOCK WAVES;

EID: 0041561086     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(03)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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