Index 



Abbot, H. L., 147 



Ackroyd, R. T., 301 



acoustic waves, 18-23, 264-269, 306 



adiabatic equation of state, of gas prod- 

 ucts, 91-94; of water, 39, 43 



adiabatic explosion approximation, 101- 

 102, 140 



Admiralty Research Laboratory, 160, 

 169 



ADP crystals, 161, 173 



afterburning, 114 



afterflow, 21-23, 144-146, 233, 360 



afterflow energy, 144, 233, 359-360, 422 



amplifier response, 199-203 



anomalous bubble pulse, 386, 389 



Archimedes' principle, 290 



Arons, A. B., 42, 148, 165, 169-170, 178, 

 228, 278 



asymptotic shock wave theory, 124-126, 

 266 



attenuation of pressure waves, 267 



ball crusher gauge, 148-151 



Bancroft, D., 190, 277 



Bebb, A. H., 169 



Becker, R., 47, 73 



BernouHi, equation, 286, 354; flow, 168; 

 pressure, 359, 397 



Bethe, H. A., 28, 45, 102, 114, 238 



Boggs, E. M., 257 



booster, 69, 235, 254 



Borden, A., 178, 278 



bottom reflections, 228, 263-264 381 



boundary conditions, at gas sphere, 102- 

 109; effects on bubble motion, 352- 

 353; for pressure waves, 47-66 



Bourdon gauge, 177 



Bridgman, P. W., 41, 43, 82, 431 



Brinkley, S. R., Jr., 29, 76, 85, 101, 124, 

 133, 284 



brisance, 68 



Brown, R. H., 151 



Brown, R. M., 198 



bubble, effect of gravity on, 287-295; 

 motion of, 7-10, 270-272, 300-305, 

 336-341, 346-352; period of, 280-285, 

 332-335, 341-346; pressure of, 354- 

 391; shape of, 270, 308-312 



Burch, F. P., 186 



burning, 68, 146 



Butterworth. S., 414 



cables, capacitance of, 191-194; signal 



from, 163, 195-198; termination of, 



163, 184-191 

 Campbell, D. C, 216, 278, 305, 346-347 

 cathode ray tube recording, 204, 205 

 cavitation, 54, 305, 395-397, 407, 417- 



421, 424 

 cavitation time, 407, 418 

 Chapman- Jouget condition, 71, 76 

 Cole, R. H., 165, 178, 187, 198, 252, 387, 



392 432 

 Coles,' J. S., 151, 208, 228, 245, 252, 432 

 Comrie, L. J., 295, 298 

 conservation of energy, see energy 

 continuity, equation of, 15, 285 

 copper tubing cable, 172, 197 

 Cordtex, 252 

 Courant, R., 288 

 covolume constant, 81, 84 

 Crary, A., 280 

 cratering, 345 

 crusher gauges, 147-151 

 Cyclonite, 69 



cyhndrical charges, 228, 249-255, 260 

 cylindrical shock waves, 126-130, 228, 



253-254 



damage, 158, 402, 407-410, 417-424 



damage gauges, see diaphragm gauges 



Dasgupta, H. K, 28, 56, 99, 132 



Davies, R. M., 302-304, 378 



Decius, J. C, 227 



decomposition products, 67, 80, 88-91 



detonation, 4, 68 



detonation waves, theory of, 71-78; in 

 ideal gases, 95-96; in TNT, 97-100 



diaphragm gauges, 157-159, 247, 412- 

 421 



diaphragm pressure release, 178 



Dietze, E., 166 



diffraction, by pressure gauges, 151, 168; 

 theory of, 410-412, 414-417 



diffraction time, 413 



dimensionless variables, see reduced va- 

 riables 



dissipation, in bubble motion, 283, 305- 

 307, 375-379; by shock waves, 24, 36, 

 142-146, 283 



dissipation factor, 118, 122-123 



distance ratios, 247 



Dixon, H. B., 80 



