Conclusions
Among the three non-self-similar methods studied in this paper, namely, the perturbation methods in η and y and the density-profile method, the latter method gives the best estimates of blast parameters in a wide range of shock-wave intensities. This work was performed with support from the Council on Natural Sciences and Technical Research.
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Ottawa, Canada. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 83–91, May–June, 1991.
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Guirao, C.M., Bach, G.G. Non-self-similar blast waves. Combust Explos Shock Waves 27, 342–351 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00789669
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