Numerical study of blast characteristics from detonation of homogeneous explosives

Shock Waves

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-162

  Balakrishnan, Kaushik ^a   Genin, Franklin ^a   Nance, Doug V ^b   Menon, Suresh ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast wave; Detonation; Impulse; Instability; Overpressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950461738     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00193-009-0236-4     Document Type: Article

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