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3 Blast loading

Peter Smith, David Cormie

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Notation Introduction Explosions Explosion classification Explosives classification Blast waves in air from high explosives Blast waves in air from vapour cloud explosions Blast wave interactions Basic blast wavefront parameters Blast wave parameters for loading on structures Blast wave scaling laws Reflection coefficients Regular and Mach reflection External blast loading on structures Internal blast loading of structures Conclusions References

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Key concepts: Blast wave, Explosive material, Air blast, Wavefront, Mach reflection, Reflection (computer programming), Mach number, Mach wave