A simplified analysis of spherical and cylindrical blast waves
- 1 August 1961
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 11 (1), 1-15
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112061000810
Abstract
Investigations into the behaviour of the gas flowbehind spherical or cylindrical blasts have shown that secondary shocks arise within the original detonation gases. The secondary shock, at first weak, is carried outward with the expanding gases. Subsequently it strengthens and bends back toward the origin, arriving there with high intensity.Keywords
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