Blast Waves

• Main Author: Needham, Charles E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemistry.; Fluids.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods.

The primary purpose of this text is to document many of the lessons that have been learned during the author’s more than forty years in the field of blast and shock. The writing therefore takes on an historical perspective, in some sense, because it follows the author’s experience. The book deals wi...