A computational investigation of various water-induced explosion mitigation mechanisms

Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-212

  Grujicic, M ^a   Pandurangan, B ^a   Zhao, C L ^a   Cheeseman, Bryan ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AUTODYN; Detonation; High energy explosives; Mitigation; Water barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547537340     PISSN: 15736105     EISSN: 15736113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157361107780744405     Document Type: Article

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