On the interaction and coalescence of spherical blast waves

Shock Waves

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-33

  Kandula, M ^a   Freeman, R ^a  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast wave interaction; Measurements on interacting blast waves; Spherical blast waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149134362     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00193-008-0134-1     Document Type: Article

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