Water as a Blast Shock Suppressant

This paper reports MODUK/CESO(N) sponsored empirical investigation of water as a blast shock suppressant on behalf of the Royal Navy. Interestingly the suppression of blast quasi-static pressure (QSP) is being investigated by the US Navy. Blast shock is a concern in the open and blast QSP in a ship's magazine. The original idea for blast shock suppression came from two people, Mr. John Parkes trading as Dell Explosives in Collinton Dell, Edinburgh and Professor Stephen Salter, Head of Mechanical Engineering Design at the University of Edinburgh. Salter presented some possible applications at the 1994 DDESB Seminar in Miami. The MODUK investigation was born out of a need to store 10kg of TNT equivalent explosives in a built up area with no distances available for safety purposes. Outline A standard test charge of 8.5kg of PE4, equivalent to 10kg of TNT was test detonated. See also ADM001002. Published in the Proceedings of the DoD Explosives Safety Seminar (28th) held in Orlando, FL on 18-20 August 1998.