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DECK OF A STEEL BRIDGE 
AND NEAR-SURFACE DETONATION

The question of how much damage a particular explosive charge can inflict is always an interesting one. Here is a case of a 200 kg TNT charge, shaped as a cube, exploding low over a deck of a generic bridge. The base of the charge is positioned about as high as a floor of a sizeable van. A part of the model constructed for this investigation is shown in Fig.1. There also is a 50mm layer of asphalt overlaying the deck, not explicitly shown, but included in the properties of the top plate - PDF File Note 50 (556KB)

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