Claims
- 1. A method of constructing a system for attenuating a pressure blast and mitigating blast damage to a structure, the method comprising:
determining a maximum initial pressure Pi against which the structure is to be protected; determining an acceptable pressure Pf to which the structure may be subjected; selecting an attenuation material comprised of particles having a radius r, a mass density ρp, and a three-dimensional packing factor F; determining a minimum thickness D of a particle mist of the attenuation material required to reduce the initial pressure to the acceptable pressure, said determining step comprising determining the minimum thickness D as follows: 3D=1.24rF1112(ρpρa)14[ln(PiPf)]12;and mounting a delivery system to the exterior surface of the structure, said delivery system being capable of providing the particle mist at least as thick as the determined minimum thickness D.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/313,834, filed Dec. 6, 2002, which is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Divisions (1)
|
Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
10313834 |
Dec 2002 |
US |
Child |
10656708 |
Sep 2003 |
US |