Brief Review of Modern Devices for Blast Mitigation

Abstract

Rapid and reliable attenuating the shock wave is the main goal of every protective devices, and it is therefore not surprising that achieving this has received a lot of attention over the past some time. Different options have been suggested; their usefulness varying from a reasonable protection to the opposite, a shock enhancement. In protecting humans and installations from destructive shock and/or blast waves the prime goal is to reduce the wave amplitude and the rate of pressure increase across the wave front. In this study modern blast-protection devices based on physical and geometric methods of shock wave attenuation are considered.