ABSTRACT

Understanding the causes and effects of explosions is important to experts in a broad range of disciplines, including the military, industrial and environmental research, aeronautic engineering, and applied mathematics.

Offering an introductory review of historic research, Shock Waves and Explosions brings analytic and computational methods

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|34 pages

The Piston Problem

chapter 3|88 pages

The Blast Wave

chapter 6|18 pages

Converging Shock Waves

chapter 8|40 pages

Numerical Simulation of Blast Waves