Modeling and Simulation of Explosion Effectiveness: as a Function of Blast and Crowd Characteristics - Couverture souple

Usmani, Zeeshan-ul-hassan

 
9783639089561: Modeling and Simulation of Explosion Effectiveness: as a Function of Blast and Crowd Characteristics
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639089561 ISBN 13 : 9783639089561
Editeur : VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

This book introduces BlastSim ? a physics-based simulation platform to model and simulate suicide bombing events. The BlastSim software is designed to test, analyze, and validate the results of different explosive and injury model combinations under various conditions with different sets of parameters, such as explosive and crowd formation characteristics, blockage and human shielding effects, fragmentation and shrapnel, and the bomber?s position in 2- and 3- dimensional environments. The suicide bombing event can also be re-created for forensic analysis. The number of fatalities and injured after a suicide bombing event can be predicted using this software with 91% accuracy. The assessment of an explosion?s effect on a crowd can lead to better management of disasters, triage of patients, locating blast victims under the debris, development of protective gear, and safe distance recommendations to reduce casualties.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book introduces BlastSim ? a physics-based simulation platform to model and simulate suicide bombing events. The BlastSim software is designed to test, analyze, and validate the results of different explosive and injury model combinations under various conditions with different sets of parameters, such as explosive and crowd formation characteristics, blockage and human shielding effects, fragmentation and shrapnel, and the bomber?s position in 2- and 3- dimensional environments. The suicide bombing event can also be re-created for forensic analysis. The number of fatalities and injured after a suicide bombing event can be predicted using this software with 91% accuracy. The assessment of an explosion?s effect on a crowd can lead to better management of disasters, triage of patients, locating blast victims under the debris, development of protective gear, and safe distance recommendations to reduce casualties.

Biographie de l'auteur

Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani is a Fulbright Scholar. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the Florida Institute of Technology. His work has been mentioned in MIT?s Technology Review, Florida Today and The Economist. For more information or to contact the author visit www.ZeeshanUsmani.com. He lives in Melbourne, FL.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639089561
ISBN 13 
9783639089561
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
168
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