Blast wave attenuation through a composite of varying layer distribution

Shock Waves

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-224

  Petel, O E ^a   Jette F X ^a   Goroshin, S ^a   Frost, D L ^a   Ouellet, S ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Blast wave; Foam

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958765633     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00193-010-0295-6     Document Type: Article

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