Short Title: Int. J. Mech. Eng. Robot. Res.
Frequency: Bimonthly
Professor of School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia. His research interests cover Industry 4.0, Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Engineering Materials and Structures (Metals and Composites), Multi-scale Modelling of Materials and Structures, Metal Forming and Metal Surface Treatment.
2025-04-27
2025-04-02
2025-02-28
Abstract—The increasing threat of a blast explosion from high explosive devices, such as trinitro-toluene (TNT) encapsulated by a steel casing shell, makes the study of the blast phenomenon more important. In this paper, a study of the blast phenomenon due to TNT was studied. Both experimental and numerical analyses were done. The explosive system comprises 80 kg of TNT encapsulated by a steel casing shell, with the total weight of the device being 250 kg. Experimental results showed that the blast velocity was found to be 827 m/s, while the shrapnel velocity was 802 m/s. Numerical analysis using LS-DYNA simulated the explosion sequences in detail and predicted the maximum velocity of the shrapnel.
