History Of Shock Waves Explosions And Impact

Author : Peter O. K. Krehl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540304210

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History of Shock Waves, Explosions and Impact by Peter O. K. Krehl Pdf

This unique and encyclopedic reference work describes the evolution of the physics of modern shock wave and detonation from the earlier and classical percussion. The history of this complex process is first reviewed in a general survey. Subsequently, the subject is treated in more detail and the book is richly illustrated in the form of a picture gallery. This book is ideal for everyone professionally interested in shock wave phenomena.

Author : Isabelle Sochet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319708317

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Blast Effects by Isabelle Sochet Pdf

This book compiles a variety of experimental data on blast waves. The book begins with an introductory chapter and proceeds to the topic of blast wave phenomenology, with a discussion on Rankine-Hugoniot equations and the Friedlander equation, used to describe the pressure-time history of a blast wave. Additional topics include arrival time measurement, the initiation of detonation by exploding wires, a discussion of TNT equivalency, and small scale experiments. Gaseous and high explosive detonations are covered as well. The topics and experiments covered were chosen based on the comparison of used scale sizes, from small to large. Each characteristic parameter of blast waves is analyzed and expressed versus scaled distance in terms of energy and mass. Finally, the appendix compiles a number of polynomial laws that will prove indispensable for engineers and researchers.

Author : Charles E. Needham
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642052880

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Blast Waves by Charles E. Needham Pdf

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.

Author : C.-J. Wang,W. Schaden,J.-Y. Kuo
Publisher : Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783318063134

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Shockwave Medicine by C.-J. Wang,W. Schaden,J.-Y. Kuo Pdf

This comprehensive reference work provides a detailed overview of shockwave therapy, a relatively new clinical specialty in modern medicine. It follows the evolution of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) from its initial stage as the gold standard for the disintegration of kidney stones to its regenerative effects in biological tissues. Starting with the basic principles of shockwave treatment, the book goes on to review its application in musculoskeletal disorders, including osteonecrosis of the hip, tendinopathy, fracture treatment, and treatment of sports related injuries. The application of ESWT in cardiovascular diseases is discussed. This includes preclinical and clinical applications for ischemic cardiovascular disease and effects on angiogenesis and anti-inflammation-molecular-cellular signaling pathways. The treatment of urinary diseases and erectile dysfunction by ESWT is elaborated. The book concludes with a discussion of future prospects of the shockwave therapy. Scholars and research fellows interested in shockwave medicine will benefit greatly from this work. It is also a useful clinical resource for nephrologists, urologists, cardiologists, and orthopedists.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Explosions
ISBN : 0317367900

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Dynamics of Shock Waves, Explosions, and Detonations by Anonim Pdf

Author : J. R. Banister,Luke J. Vortman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Blast effect
ISBN : UOM:39015095073956

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Effects of a Precursor Shock Wave on Blast Loading of a Structure by J. R. Banister,Luke J. Vortman Pdf

Author : Ya. B. Zel’dovich,Yu. P. Raizer
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486135083

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Physics of Shock Waves and High-Temperature Hydrodynamic Phenomena by Ya. B. Zel’dovich,Yu. P. Raizer Pdf

Physical, chemical processes in gases at high temperatures are focus of outstanding text, which combines material from gas dynamics, shock-wave theory, thermodynamics and statistical physics, other fields. 284 illustrations. 1966–1967 edition.

Author : John G. Kirkwood
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Group
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Explosions
ISBN : UCAL:B4513903

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Shock and Detonation Waves by John G. Kirkwood Pdf

Author : J. Raymond Bowen,R. I. Soloukhin,A. K. Oppenheim,N. Manson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 1600865690

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Dynamics of Shock Waves, Explosions, and Detonations by J. Raymond Bowen,R. I. Soloukhin,A. K. Oppenheim,N. Manson Pdf

Author : J. Raymond Bowen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015006402799

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Shock Waves, Explosions, and Detonations by J. Raymond Bowen Pdf

Author : James R. Asay,Lalit C. Chhabildas,R. Jeffery Lawrence,Mary Ann Sweeney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319333472

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Impactful Times by James R. Asay,Lalit C. Chhabildas,R. Jeffery Lawrence,Mary Ann Sweeney Pdf

This book presents a history of shock compression science, including development of experimental, material modeling, and hydrodynamics code technologies over the past six decades at Sandia National Laboratories. The book is organized into a discussion of major accomplishments by decade with over 900 references, followed by a unique collection of 45 personal recollections detailing the trials, tribulations, and successes of building a world-class organization in the field. It explains some of the challenges researchers faced and the gratification they experienced when a discovery was made. Several visionary researchers made pioneering advances that integrated these three technologies into a cohesive capability to solve complex scientific and engineering problems. What approaches worked, which ones did not, and the applications of the research are described. Notable applications include the turret explosion aboard the USS Iowa and the Shoemaker-Levy comet impact on Jupiter. The personal anecdotes and recollections make for a fascinating account of building a world-renowned capability from meager beginnings. This book will be inspiring to the expert, the non expert, and the early-career scientist. Undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering who are contemplating different fields of study should find it especially compelling.

Author : J. Raymond Bowen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015012025519

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Dynamics of Shock Waves, Explosions, and Detonations by J. Raymond Bowen Pdf

Author : Hans G Hornung,Joseph E Shepherd,Bradford Sturtevant
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1740 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814548021

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Shock Waves - Proceedings Of The 20th International Symposium (In 2 Volumes) by Hans G Hornung,Joseph E Shepherd,Bradford Sturtevant Pdf

The symposia take place every two years. They are the forum at which scientists concerned with shock waves present their research. They USE shock waves for chemical kinetics studies, for materials studies, and smashing kidney stones; they STUDY the phenomena associated with flows involving shock waves, such as supersonic flow, explosions, detonations, volcanic eruptions, and, in this symposium, even such with-it topics as impact of Shoemaker-Levy on Jupiter and blast waves in the World Trade Center. They also discover new, bigger and better ways of generating flows at hypervelocity speeds and develop their technological tools further.The international exchange of information is documented in the proceedings volumes, which have become a storehouse of information on the subject, documenting the history of this peculiar branch of science that involves chemists, physicists, engineers, geophysicists, material scientists and biologists.

Author : Raj K. Narayan,James E. Wilberger,John T. Povlishock
Publisher : McGraw-Hill
Page : 1558 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0070456623

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Neurotrauma by Raj K. Narayan,James E. Wilberger,John T. Povlishock Pdf

This reference is a comprehensive work in the field of neurotrauma and critical care. It incorporates the fields of head injury, spinal injury and basic neurotrauma research into one source. The major emphasis is on the treatment of patients with head and spinal cord injury, including the management of all other problems that bear upon the care of these patients.

Author : Gilbert Ford Kinney,Kenneth Judson Graham
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951000506594T

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Explosive Shocks in Air by Gilbert Ford Kinney,Kenneth Judson Graham Pdf

After an initial qualitative characterization of the properties of explosions in the atmosphere and their blast and shock propagation effects, attention is given to the underlying quantitative principles of explosive energy release, including the scaling laws for explosions and internal blast effects from confined explosions. The dynamic loads that blast waves impose on representative structures are then characterized, with attention to resulting structural damage. A major feature of the present treatment is the use of the dimensionless Mach number in all shock equations ; a further simplification is furnished by first developing mathematical equations for shock in steady flow, and then applying these equations to explosive shock by simple transformation of coordinates.