• In fluid dynamics, a blast wave is the increased pressure and flow resulting from the deposition of a large amount of energy in a small, very localised...
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    Blast injuries are divided into four classes: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary. Primary injuries are caused by blast overpressure waves,...
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  • Neumann–Sedov blast wave (or sometimes referred to as Sedov–von Neumann–Taylor blast wave) refers to a blast wave induced by a strong explosion. The blast wave was...
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  • characteristic blast wave, often referred to as the leading shock wave. Physically, this wave is characterized as a non-linear, discontinuous wave front that...
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  • Wave Blaster may refer to: Yamaha WaveBlaster, a personal watercraft produced from 1993 to 1996 Creative Wave Blaster, a companion MIDI-daughterboard...
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    Bomb suit (redirect from Blast suit)
    exploded device. It also stops or greatly decreases the pressure of the blast wave being transmitted to the person inside of the suit. Most bomb suits, such...
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    features exhibiting blast-protective properties that have potential to be used for protection from blasts. Blast shelters deflect the blast wave from nearby explosions...
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    atmosphere can be approximately divided into four basic categories: the blast and shock wave: 50% of total energy thermal radiation: 35% of total energy ionizing...
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    below-ground bathroom with fiber-reinforced plastic shells. Bunkers deflect the blast wave from nearby explosions to prevent ear and internal injuries to people...
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    environments feature many different types of shock waves. Some common examples are supernovae shock waves or blast waves travelling through the interstellar medium...
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    jet propulsion. Other physics come into play at higher velocities. A blast wave accelerator is similar to a space gun but it differs in that rings of...
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    Bomb (redirect from Bomb blast)
    employ a combination of negative shock wave effects and extreme temperature to incinerate objects within the blast radius. Fragmentation is produced by...
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    massive blast wave. The blast wave can destroy reinforced buildings, equipment, and kill or injure people. The antipersonnel effect of the blast wave is more...
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  • The WaveBlaster is a personal water craft (PWC) made by Yamaha Motor Corporation. Part of their WaveRunner line of watercraft, the Yamaha WaveBlaster 700...
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    The Wave Blaster was an add-on MIDI-synthesizer for Creative Sound Blaster 16 and Sound Blaster AWE32 family of PC soundcards. It was a sample-based synthesis...
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  • ballistic window glass lacerations when the slower moving blast wave arrived. However, in higher blast pressure zones, where partial-to-total building collapse...
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  • explosion site. The blast wave circled the globe three times, with the first one taking 36 hours and 27 minutes. A seismic wave in the Earth's crust...
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    explosion registered at seismic stations across Eurasia, and air waves from the blast were detected in Germany, Denmark, Croatia, and the United Kingdom...
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    The energy of the blast wave was measured by a large number of sensors using a variety of physical principles. The piezoelectric blast gauges were thrown...
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    respectively. The blast wave, however, was likely assumed to grow out as the surface area of the approximately hemispheric near surface burst blast wave of the Trinity...
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    of high explosives. The ship was completely blown apart and a powerful blast wave radiated away from the explosion initially at more than 1,000 metres (3...
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    Chelyabinsk meteor (category Shock waves)
    atmosphere, creating a large shock wave. The asteroid had a total kinetic energy before atmospheric impact equivalent to the blast yield of 400–500 kilotons of...
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    force. When a person steps on a blast mine and activates it, the mine's main charge detonates, creating a blast shock wave consisting of hot gases travelling...
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    Shock tube (category Shock waves)
    detonator The shock tube is an instrument used to replicate and direct blast waves at a sensor or a model in order to simulate actual explosions and their...
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    which detonates at waist level, increasing the blast radius and harm inflicted by detonation, shock wave, and flying splinters. A relatively recent example...
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  • The sudden and intense pressure disturbance is termed the “blast wave.” The blast wave is characterized by an almost instantaneous rise from ambient...
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    in blast wave injury at the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University, hypothesized, "alterations in brain function following blast exposure...
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    weapons enhance the blast effect by utilizing the surrounding atmosphere in their explosive reactions. Blast: A strong shock wave is provided by the detonation...
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    destroyed. The porous sandstone that makes up the island allowed the blast wave to escape so only the southern tip of the island was destroyed, but there...
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    tons of a new type of high explosive. Because of this, the bomb's blast and pressure wave have a similar effect to a small tactical nuclear weapon. The bomb...
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