Studies of the TNT equivalence of silver azide charges

Shock Waves

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-138

  Kleine, H ^a,b   Dewey, J M ^c   Ohashi, K ^b,d   Mizukaki, T ^b,e   Takayama, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d Showa Kinzoku Kogyo Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e JAPAN DEFENSE AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blast waves; Density sensitive flow visualization techniques; Milligram explosive charges; TNT equivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141462440     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00193-003-0204-3     Document Type: Article

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