Over the past several years, we have noticed an increase in the number of blast injury studies published in peer-reviewed biomedical journals that have utilized improperly conceived experiments. Data from these studies will lead to false conclusions and more confusion than advancement in the understanding of blast injury, particularly blast neurotrauma. Computational methods to properly charact...

purpose: in recent years high explosive bomb attacks have been increasingly directed against   civil structures by various terrorist organizations. this paper describes a numerical method for   assessing the interaction of high explosive air blast within the complex geometrical type of a   congested urban environment.   materials and methods: the first step in predicting blast effects on a targ...

Chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG) sensors coupled to high speed interrogation systems are described as robust diagnostic approaches to monitoring shock wave and detonation front propagation tracking events for use in high energy density shock physics applications. Taking advantage of the linear distributed spatial encoding of the spectral band in single-mode CFBGs, embedded fiber systems and ass...

Detonation is an increasingly studied method for the synthesis of nanomaterials due to rapid reaction rate producing extreme pressures and temperatures short durations, which can result in production ultra-hard high-temperature nanomaterials. The present study shows that phase formation detonation depends on distribution inert additives explosive charge. Numerical simulations experimental valid...

This study presents a numerical investigation on the deformation of the circular blanket against a male die under impulsive loading to form a torispherical heads shape. A finite element model was developed and verified with experimental tests for the explosive forming of the torispherical heads made of AA5083 aluminum alloy in the framework of LS-DYNA crash simulator software. The nature of the...

introduction acute poisoning by oral ingestion of mixed hazardous materials can lead to multiorgan toxicity and may represent a special challenge in clinical management, in particular if little is known about the effects of the involved agents. this is especially true when industrial chemical substances have been swallowed, as a huge variety of toxic substances must be taken into account. concl...

The KLOTZ Club is a multi-national group of explosives safety specialists concerned with the safe storage of military ammunition and munitions. One topic of present interest to the KLOTZ Club is the effects of the hazardous environment that would result from an accidental explosion in an underground military munitions storage facility. The necessary placement and/or design of nearby above-groun...

Abstract Elastomeric material is used as blast-resistant structure because of its good mechanical properties.A series underwater near-field explosive tests at different standoff distances were conducted to investigate the anti-explosion performance steel structures covered with rubber and polyurea coatings. The experimental results demonstrated that both could enhance blast resistance test plat...