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SECONDARY SHOCKS<br />

TERTIARY<br />

SHOCK<br />

Figure 3.1-2: Recorded pressure time histories of actual blast waves [32]<br />

Quite often, the characteristics of air blast waves are more complicated and more<br />

difficult to analyze than the features previously mentioned. If the blast source is of low<br />

specific energy content, as such relatively a low-pressure mass of expanding gas, then<br />

the finite pressure pulse generated in the surrounding air may progress some distance<br />

before "shocking up" [32]. If the blast source is a cased explosive charge, recorded time<br />

histories of pressure may have large amounts of disturbances and pressure fluctuations<br />

superimposed on the primary pressure variation of the blast wave. These disturbances<br />

are the ballistic shocks generated by fragments of the casing moving at supersonic<br />

speed through the air. The fragment velocity decay rate is slower than that of the blast<br />

front, therefore they outrun the shock front for some time and produce disturbances<br />

before the blast wave arrival. However, the long in run the blast front catches up with<br />

the fragments are which decelerated due to drag forces [32]. This effect is illustrated in<br />

the following 3.1-3.<br />

Figure

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