Numerical simulation of a novel blast wave mitigation device

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 336-346

  Su, Zhenbi ^a   Peng, Wen ^a   Zhang, Zhaoyan ^a   Gogos, George ^a   Skaggs, Reed ^b   Cheeseman, Bryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast wave; Mitigation; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHOCK WAVES;

BLAST WAVES; DESIGN PARAMETERS; PEAK PRESSURE; PISTON-CYLINDER ASSEMBLY;

BLAST RESISTANCE;

EID: 38349126344     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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