The paper “BlastGraphNet: An Intelligent Computational Method for the Precise and Rapid Prediction of Blast Loads on Complex 3D Buildings Using Graph Neural Networks,” is authored by Zhiqiao ...

A January 2023 study highlights nuclear blast wave speeds and how radiation circulates. After the initial explosion, you have mere seconds to get to a safe place.

From blast to blood to brain A blast isn't just like a blow to the head, when it comes to brain injury. A head impact tends to injure structures near the surface. A blast wave keeps going.

When weapons are fired, an invisible blast wave travels through the brains of anyone nearby. Exposure to lots of these blasts over time — even low level ones — has been shown to cause brain ...

Unlike shrapnel, the blast wave is not a solid object. It is a wave of highly compressed air, with a density and pressure much higher than normal. The wave moves at an enormous speed, sometimes ...

In the 6 million-pound Halifax explosion of 1917, the propagation of the shock wave through downtown left a swath of fatalities reaching 1.5 miles from the center of the blast, killing an ...