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Figure 2-3 Peak Incident Pressure versus Peak Dynamic Pressure, Density of
Air Behind the Shock Front, and Particle Velocity
1000
700
500
Peak Dynamic Pressure, psi
Particle Velocity, ft/msec
300
Density of Air Behind Shock Front, pcf
200

100
70
50

30
20

10
7
5

3
2

1
0.7
0.5

0.3
0.2

0.1
0.07
0.05
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 20 30 40 50 70 100 200 300 500
Peak Incident Pressure, P so (psi)

79

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Figure 2-6 Peak Incident Pressure versus the Ratio of Normal Reflected
Pressure/Incident Pressure for a Free-Air Burst
14

12

10
Pr / Pso

2
1 2 3 4 5 6 78 10 20 30 50 70 100 200 300 500 1000 2000 5000 10000
Peak Incident Pressure, Pso (psi)

82

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Figure 2-7 Positive Phase Shock Wave Parameters for a Spherical TNT
Explosion in Free Air at Sea Level

100000

50000 Pr, psi

30000 Pso, psi
20000 ir/W1/3, psi-ms/lb1/3
is/W1/3, psi-ms/lb1/3
10000 ta/W1/3, ms/lb1/3
to/W1/3, ms/lb1/3
5000 U, ft/ms
Lw/W1/3, ft/lb1/3
3000
2000

1000

500
300
200

100

50
30
20

10

5
3
2

0.5
0.3
0.2

0.1

0.05
0.03
0.02

0.01

0.005
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 20 30 40 50 70 100
Scaled Distance Z = R/W1/3

83

83
 Figure 2-192 Velocity of Sound in Reflected Overpressure Region versus Peak Incident Overpressure

1.95
1.9
1.85

1.8
1.75

1.7
1.65
1.6

1.55

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1.5
1.45

Sound Velocity, Cr (ft/ms)

1.4
1.35

1.3
1.25
1.2

1.15
1.1
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75
Peak Incident Overpressure, PSO (psi)
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 Figure 2-193 Reflected Pressure Coefficient versus Angle of Incidence
14

Peak Incident Overpressure, psi

5000 70
3000 50
12
2000 30
1000 20
500 10
400 5
10 300 2
200 1
150 0.5
100 0.2
8

268
6

Crα = Prα / PSO

4

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Angle of incidence, α (Degrees)
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