Blast Waves

• Main Author: Needham, Charles E. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Series: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena,
• Subjects: Fluid mechanics.; Fluids.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Chemistry.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods.

This book examines blast waves-their methods of generation, their propagation in several dimensions through the real atmosphere and layered gases, and their interactions with simple structures-thereby providing a broad overview of the field. The intended audience has a basic knowledge of algebra and...

Table of Contents:

• Some Basic Air Blast Definitions
• The Rankine-Hugoniot Relations
• Formation of Blast Waves
• Ideal High Explosive Detonation Waves
• Cased Explosives
• Blast Wave Propagation
• Boundary Layers
• Particulate Entrainment and Acceleration
• Instabilities
• Measurement Techniques
• Scaling Blast Parameters
• Blast Wave Reflections
• Height of Burst Effects
• Structure Interactions
• External Detonations
• Internal Detonations
• Simulation Techniques
• Some Notes on Non-ideal Explosives
• Modeling Blast Waves.