Experimental investigation of blast wave propagation in an urban environment
Abstract
Lab-scale experimental investigations on blast wave propagation in a complex environment are proposed in this paper. Studies of blast propagation are described in the literature, but only a few studies at lab-scale were found while this scale option represents an economic and safe approach. Five experimental configurations, built with wood boxes on a 2.8 m wood table, are tested in a 1:200 reduced scale using three types of explosives. Several characteristics of the explosives are given: the geometry of the explosion, the repeatability, and the TNT equivalent. An overview of impacts of a complex environment on the blast wave characteristics is proposed. The urban configurations investigated are the straight street, the T-junction, the cross junction, and the channeling. Investigations on reduced-scale effects on blast measurement and characteristics are detailed.
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blast wave propagationCollections
Citation
Fouchier, Charline; Laboureur, D.; Youinou, L.; Lapebie, E.; Buchlin, J.M. (2016). Experimental investigation of blast wave propagation in an urban environment. Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /193615.