Experimental study and numerical simulation of the afterburning of TNT by underwater explosion method

Shock Waves

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 619-624

  Cao, W ^a   He, Z ^a   Chen, W ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Afterburning; Open space; TNT; Underwater explosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921937655     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: 14322153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00193-014-0527-2     Document Type: Article

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