Physically Based Simulation of Explosions. (May 2005) Matthew Douglas Roach, B.S.; B.S., Southern Methodist University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Donald House This thesis describes a method for using physically based techniques to model an explosion and the resulting side effects. Explosions are some of the most visually exciting phenomena known to humankind and have become nearly ubiquit...

R. P. Drake, C. C. Kuranz, A. R. Miles, H. J. Muthsam, and T. Plewa University of Michigan, 2455 Hayward St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7500 East Ave., Livermore, California 94550, USA Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Nordbergstr. 15, A-1090 Vienna, Austria School of Computational Science, Florida State University, DSL 443, Tallahassee, ...

A number of commentators have argued that some time in the 21st century humanity will develop generally intelligent software programs at least as capable as skilled humans, whether designed ab initio or as emulations of human brains, and that such entities will launch an extremely rapid technological transformation as they design their own successors. The speed of such a “Singularity” or “intel...

This paper first addresses the question: what is a dust explosion? Afterwards, some specific issues are briefly reviewed: materials that can give explosions, factors influencing ignitability and explosibility of clouds, combustion clouds in air, ignition sources initiate primary secondary flash fires, explosions “hybrid mixtures”, detonation clouds. Subsequently, measures for explosion preventi...