Hydrocode simulations of air and water shocks for facility vulnerability assessments

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-24

  Clutter, J Keith ^a   Stahl, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Analytical and Computational Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast; Hydrocode; Simulation; Underwater explosions; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AIR; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK WAVES; WATER;

HYDROCODES;

EXPLOSIVES;

EXPLOSIVE; WATER;

EXPLOSION; SIMULATION;

ACCURACY; AIR; BALLISTICS; DATA ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SIMULATION; WEAPON; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EXPLOSION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EXPLOSIONS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SECURITY MEASURES; WATER;

EID: 0346250800     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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