Replacing the equations of fano and fisher for cased charge blast impulse-II-fracture strain method

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 605-608

  Hutchinson, M D ^a  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blast; Cased; Equation; Gurney; Impulse

Indexed keywords

BLAST; CASED; EQUATION; GURNEY; IMPULSE;

DIGITAL STORAGE; DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84867216269     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201200047     Document Type: Article

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