Blast focusing method and apparatus
US4815385A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 1987 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B12/204
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A blast focusing technique for producing high pressure on a ground plane, in which a right circular cylinder of explosive material is positioned adjacent the ground plane with the cylinder axis orthogonal to the ground plane. The cylinder is simultaneously detonated at both ends by detonators disposed on the cylinder axis at each end of the cylinder.
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