[ODE] Shockwave of an explosion

[Gary R. Van Sickle]

The definition of a shockwave is that it's greater than or equal to the speed of
sound.  The speed of a shockwave from an explosion is actually much greater than
the speed of sound (~347m/s), and varies depending on the type of explosive
involved.  Quoting from
http://www.forensics.edu.au/downloads/Section2Physics.pdf page 49:

"Typical shockwave speeds generated by detonating
explosives:
ANFO ~3000 m/sec
PETN 6400
TNT 6900
Tetryl 7200
RDX 7800
HMX 8000"

--
Gary R. Van Sickle


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ode-bounces at q12.org [mailto:ode-bounces at q12.org]On Behalf Of
> Konstantin Voloshin
> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 1:57 PM
> To: ode-bounces at q12.org; bernd129 at web.de; ode at q12.org
> Subject: Re: [ODE] Shockwave of an explosion
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>
> Perhaps it should be equal to acoustic speed.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DjArcas" <djarcas at hotmail.com>
> To: <bernd129 at web.de>; <ode at q12.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 5:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [ODE] Shockwave of an explosion
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> Curious, how 'fast' would an explosion shockwave be, anyways?
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