Simplified Numerical Modelling of a Blast Load Impact

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Due to a particular complexity of the phenomenon of an explosion in a gaseous medium (air) the most appropriate approach to address it is using numerical methods. This paper presents a specific numerical solution to the phenomenon of the so-called point charge explosion from a one-dimensional perspective taking into account reflections from non-deformable partitions. Results of the numerical calculations were calibrated based on test results and their correctness was additionally verified using gas dynamics methods.

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