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which the explosive blast has propagated. Therefore, the atmospheric transmission<br />

factors for distance fd and time ft are introduced as:<br />

fd 1/3 C 1/3<br />

where p: atmospheric density<br />

.r)1/3<br />

.3 112 T 1/3 1/6 Equation 3.3-6<br />

pt-e- T P (T<br />

PO T" P T<br />

po: density of a reference atmosphere<br />

P: atmospheric pressure (absolute)<br />

Po: pressure for the reference atmosphere (absolute)<br />

T: atmospheric temperature<br />

To: temperature at a reference atmosphere<br />

Using the atmospheric transmission factor for distance the scaled distance is measured<br />

by:<br />

A similar formula with Equation 3.3-1<br />

The peak overpressure is then calculated by:<br />

Equation 3.3-7<br />

P<br />

P, = overpressure _ratio x atmospheric _ pressure = - P<br />

P<br />

where the overpressure ratio is given as a function of the<br />

empirical formula [36]:<br />

Z= fd -R<br />

w 1'3<br />

Equation 3.3-8<br />

scaled distance by an

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