Blasting and Blast Effects in Cold Regions. Part 1. Air Blast

Contents: Ideal blast waves in free air; The shock equations for air blast; Scaling procedures for comparison of explosions; Reflection and refraction of airblast; Effect of charge height, or height of burst; Attenuation of air blast and variation of shock front properties; Air blast from nuclear ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mellor, Malcolm
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1985
Subjects:
Meteorology
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Explosions
*BLAST WAVES
*COLD REGIONS
*EXPLOSION EFFECTS
VELOCITY
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
DAMAGE
AIR
COMPARISON
GRAPHS
AIRBORNE
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
VACUUM
AIRBURST
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
REFLECTION
VARIATIONS
SURFACES
AVALANCHES
SHOCK
SCALING FACTOR
PRESSURE
ATTENUATION
REFRACTION
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
EQUATIONS
UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS
BLAST
HEIGHT OF BURST
*Air blast
Ice
permafrost
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Summary:Contents: Ideal blast waves in free air; The shock equations for air blast; Scaling procedures for comparison of explosions; Reflection and refraction of airblast; Effect of charge height, or height of burst; Attenuation of air blast and variation of shock front properties; Air blast from nuclear explosions; Air blast from underground explosions; Air blast from underwater explosions; Air blast damage criteria; Effects of ambient pressure and temperature; Explosions in vacuum or in space; Air blast attenuation over snow surfaces; Shock reflection from snow surfaces; Shock velocity over snow; Variation of shock pressure with charge height over snow; Release of avalanches by air blast. Keyword: Graphs.

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