Overview
- Covers a broad area of blast waves ranging from shock tubes and gaseous detonations to high explosives and nuclear blast phenomena
- Updated new edition includes new chapters on numerical hydrodynamics and blast injury
- Incorporates modeling techniques and applications as well as historical analysis of the field
Part of the book series: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena (SHOCKWAVE)
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This new edition of Blast Waves has been thoroughly updated and includes two new chapters that cover numerical hydrodynamics and blast injury. Authored by an expert with over forty years of experience in the field of blast and shock, this book offers many lessons as well as a historical perspective on developments in the field.
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Book Title: Blast Waves
Authors: Charles E. Needham
Series Title: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65382-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65381-5Published: 11 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88013-6Published: 09 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65382-2Published: 03 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2197-9529
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9537
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 424
Number of Illustrations: 160 b/w illustrations, 109 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods