3D illustration of the simulated air blast (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

3D illustration of the simulated air blast

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3D illustration of the simulated air blast and generated blast wave 10 seconds following the detonation of a 750 kT nuclear warhead above a typical metropolitan city; the radius of the shock bubble at ground level is 4.6 km.

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I. Kokkinakis and D. Drikakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

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