Blast wave propagation in city streets - An overview

Progress in Structural Engineering and Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-28

  Smith, Peter D ^a   Rose, Timothy A ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blast; Building; Channelling; Explosion; Fa ade; Shielding; Street

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EXPLOSIONS; ROADS AND STREETS; SHIELDING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BLAST WAVE INTERACTIONS; BLAST WAVE PROPAGATION; BLAST WAVE RESULTANTS;

BLASTING;

EID: 32944480870     PISSN: 13650556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pse.209     Document Type: Review

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