Blast Effects Physical Properties of Shock Waves /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sochet, Isabelle (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena,
• Subjects: Fluids.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Chemistry.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods.

This book compiles a variety of experimental data on blast waves. The book begins with an introductory chapter and proceeds to the topic of blast wave phenomenology, with a discussion Rankine-Hugoniot equations and the Friedlander equation, used to describe the pressure-time history of a blast wave....

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• The Rankine-Hugoniot Equations: Their Extensions and Inversions Related to Blast Waves
• The Friedlander Equations
• Shock Wave Overpressure Measurement: Comparison Between Two Piezoelectric Sensor Materials
• Exploding Wires
• Blast Wave Experiments by Means of a Gaseous Charge
• High Explosive
• TNT Equivalency
• Small Scale Blast Wave Experiments by Means of an Exploding Wire
• Appendix
• Further Reading
• Index.