...Frederik J. Mostert; Izak M. Snyman; Marius Olivier An experimental technique is demonstrated whereby the dynamic deflection of a thin plate or combination of plates, impulsively loaded by the blast of an explosive charge, can be characterized. A blast pendulum measures the resulting impulse...

... 16 02 2011 16 02 2011 detonation waves dynamic response explosions flow simulation fluid oscillations shock wave effects fluid-structure interaction blast wave mitigation shock wave resistance Explosions occur in military conflicts, as well as in various industrial...

...Adam Wiśniewski The use of different explosive reactive armor reactive cassettes is shown. Functioning rules of one- and two-layered reactive cassettes are presented. The paper demonstrates different kinds of tests with explosive reactive armour Wisniewski Adam (ERAWA) cassettes. There are some...

... during underwater explosions (UNDEX). The spatial distribution of UNDEX loads is different from uniform planar shocks due to the spherically propagating pressure front, and the temporal characteristics are also different due to the importance of shock-bubble interactions. Both effects influence the FSI...

...Ricardo Daniel Ambrosini; Bibiana María Luccioni Explosives are commonly used in terrorist attacks and the craters formed by blast waves can be used as a diagnostic tool. For example, the focus of the explosion and the mass of the explosive used in the attack can be deduced by examining...

...Keith A. Gonthier; Venugopal Jogi A multiscale model is formulated and used to characterize the duration and amplitude of temperature peaks (i.e., hot spots) at intergranular contact surfaces generated by shock compaction of the granular high explosive HMX (octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7...

...A. Carpinteri, Professor,; N. Pugno, Researcher, Based on the fractal particle size distribution, a fragmentation theory for quasi-brittle materials is herein developed. The results are three simple and powerful universal laws for the multiscale energy dissipation under impact and explosion...

...Z. Zong; K. Y. Lam, Mem. ASME Dynamic plastic response of a submarine oil pipeline to an underwater explosion bubble is studied in this paper. A detailed fluid-structure analysis is given to find the fluid forces acting on the pipeline. Assuming the pipeline is made from rigid, perfectly plastic...