Abstract
In a previous paper, the characteristic overpressure-impulse-distance
curves for the detonation of explosive substances were presented.
They allow the overpressure and impulse to be determined at each
distance from the detonation. When combined with damage criteria
(such as those shown by the Probit equations), the characteristic
curves allow consequence analysis for this kind of explosion to be
carried out in only one step, as the damage is shown in the same
diagram as the overpressure, impulse and distance. In this paper,
diagrams and equations are presented to determine the damage to humans
(eardrum rupture, death due to displacement and skull fracture, death
due to displacement and whole body impact, and death due to lung
damage or lung haemorrhage).
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