Mitigation of TNT and Destex explosion effects using water mist

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 165, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 1068-1073

  Willauer, Heather D ^a   Ananth, Ramagopal ^a   Farley, John P ^a   Williams, Frederick W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destex; Overpressure; Suppression; TNT; Water mist

Indexed keywords

DESTEX; OVERPRESSURE; SUPPRESSION; TNT; WATER MIST;

DROP FORMATION; POLARIZATION;

DETONATION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPLOSION; MITIGATION; OVERPRESSURE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; EVAPORATION; NEBULIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; PRESSURE; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER;

EID: 64749114299     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.10.130     Document Type: Article

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