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Explosives Engineering

ISBN: 978-0-471-18636-6
Hardcover
480 pages
December 1996
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I. Chemistry of Explosives: Organic Chemical Nomenclature/
Oxidation/
Pure Explosives/
Estimating Properties of Explosives/
Decomposition
II. Energetics of Explosives: Basic Terms of Thermodynamics/
Thermophysics/Thermochemistry/
Group Addivity/
Reaction Temperature/
Closed Vessel Calculations/
Estimating Detonation Processes
III. Shock Waves: Qualitative Description of a Shock Wave/
The Bead Model/
Rankine-Hugoniot Jump Equations/
Interactions of Shock Waves
IV. Detonations: Detonations, General Observations/
Real Effects in Explosives
V. Theories of Initiation: Nonelectric Initiators/
Hot Wire Initiators/
Exploding Bridgewire Detonations
VI. Engineering Applications: Theories of Scaling/
Acceleration, Formation, and Flight of Fragments/
Blast Effects in Air, Water, and on the Human Body/
Scaling Craters/
Jetting, Shaped Charges and Explosive Welding/
Explosive Welding.
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