Gasdynamics of explosions today.A brief review is given of blast and detonation wave phenomena and some of their uses in war and peace. It is concluded that great strides have been made over the last three decades toward the physical understanding, the analytical-numerical solution, and the measurement of dynamic and thermodynamic quantities, also taking into consideration severe environments and extremely short durations. Questions of internal ballistics are discussed together with hypervelocity launchers and shock tubes, collapsing cylindrical drivers, spherical implosions, explosive weapons, dynamic response, and equation of state data.
Document ID
19720037348
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Brode, H. L. (RAND Corp. Santa Monica, Calif., United States)
Glass, I. I. (Toronto, University Toronto, Canada)
Oppenheim, A. K. (California, University Berkeley, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Subject Category
Facilities, Research, And Support
Meeting Information
Meeting: Shock tube research; Eighth International Shock Tube Symposium, Imperial College of Science and Technology