Evolution of blast wave profiles in simulated air blasts: Experiment and computational modeling

Shock Waves

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 403-415

  Chandra, N ^a   Ganpule, S ^a   Kleinschmit, N N ^a   Feng, R ^a   Holmberg, A D ^a   Sundaramurthy, A ^a   Selvan, V ^a   Alai, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast wave; Expansion; Experiments; Jet wind; Numerical simulations; Pressure profiles; Shock tube; TBI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865827924     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00193-012-0399-2     Document Type: Article

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