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Blast Waves

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Charles E. Needham

    1. Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, U.S.A.

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  • This unique text documents many of the lessons that have been learned during the authors more than 40 years in the field of blast and shock, thereby transferring both knowledge and experience to the reader wishing to specialize in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena (SHOCKWAVE)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-1

  3. Some Basic Air Blast Definitions

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    Pages 3-8

  4. The Rankine–Hugoniot Relations

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    Pages 9-15

  5. Formation of Blast Waves

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    Pages 17-36

  6. Ideal High Explosive Detonation Waves

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    Pages 37-63

  7. Cased Explosives

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    Pages 65-85

  8. Blast Wave Propagation

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    Pages 87-99

  9. Boundary Layers

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    Pages 101-113

  10. Particulate Entrainment and Acceleration

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    Pages 115-125

  11. Instabilities

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    Pages 127-137

  12. Measurement Techniques

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    Pages 139-155

  13. Scaling Blast Parameters

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    Pages 157-169

  14. Blast Wave Reflections

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    Pages 171-199

  15. Height of Burst Effects

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    Pages 201-246

  16. Structure Interactions

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    Pages 247-269

  17. External Detonations

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    Pages 271-280

  18. Internal Detonations

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    Pages 281-291

  19. Simulation Techniques

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    Pages 293-302

  20. Some Notes on Non-ideal Explosives

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    Pages 303-312
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About this book

As an editor of the international scienti?c journal Shock Waves, I was asked whether I might document some of my experience and knowledge in the ?eld of blast waves. I began an outline for a book on the basis of a short course that I had been teaching for several years. I added to the outline, ?lling in details and including recent devel- ments, especially in the subjects of height of burst curves and nonideal explosives. At a recent meeting of the International Symposium on the Interaction of Shock Waves, I was asked to write the book I had said I was working on. As a senior advisor to a group working on computational ?uid dynamics, I found that I was repeating many useful rules and conservation laws as new people came into the group. The transfer of knowledge was hit and miss as questions arose during the normal work day. Although I had developed a short course on blast waves, it was not practical to teach the full course every time a new member was added to the group. This was suf?cient incentive for me to undertake the writing of this book. I cut my work schedule to part time for two years while writing the book. This allowed me to remain heavily involved in ongoing and leading edge work in hydrodynamics while documenting this somewhat historical perspective on blast waves.

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“This book, written by a distinguished expert on blast waves with more than 40 years of experience in the field, is a welcome addition to the blast wave community. … Important aspects concerning the effects of blast waves on structures are thoroughly presented and illuminated. On the whole I find that the book will serve as an excellent guide and reference to practicing scientists, engineers, and researchers in the field of blast waves. It will be a valuable addition to the library.” (Max Kandula, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Vol. 16 (2), 2011)

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  • Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, U.S.A.

    Charles E. Needham

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