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Record 1 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Arms Control
DEF

Explosion detonated in close proximity to the surrounding rock and for which the propagating shock wave first cracks and deforms the surrounding medium in a non-linear way (plastically) and later (farther away from the explosion), after a certain critical stress level has been reached, causes the medium to behave elastically; the rock must be hard or water-saturated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Fascicule no 2, New York, 1990

OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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