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The foundations are the basics of building a house. Here, the understanding of blast effects begins by definitions and basic principles of shock waves. The aim of this chapter is to give a consistent and easy reading of the book.
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I would like to thank John Dewey for the discussions and contribution of this chapter.
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Sochet, I. (2018). Introduction. In: Sochet, I. (eds) Blast Effects. Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70831-7_1
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