Damage factors of explosive munitions

Abstract

Damaging factors of munitions of explosive action were considered. It is known that explosive injury have ceased to be the prerogative of local wars and armed conflicts nowadays. Terroristic acts, sweeping across many countries all over the world, are increasingly being committed by undermining camouflaged explosive devices in crowded places and public buildings. As a result of exposure explosion factors to human a number of damage with different mechanisms arise, which in most cases are multiple and combined by anatomic localization and combined in mechanogenesis. The main damaging factors in the explosion are explosive gases with high pressure and high temperature, shock wave, shards of the ammunition (mines) and secondary shells. Thermal impact of explosive ordnance is manifested by local burns, localized, usually, in the explosion area. The gases formed during the explosion can additionally cause severe poisoning. Specificity of the pathological changes that arise in the organism from the explosion requires from medical specialists of all levels a full knowledge of the features of the formation of trauma when the factors of the explosion act on the human body. An equally important aspect of the comprehensive study of the mechanism of explosive effects is the creation of individual and collective protection against explosion, as well as the development of methods for assessing the effectiveness of their usage.

Keywords

blast injury / factors of explosion / explosive / shock wave / fighting ability / severity of injury / anti-personnel mines / traumatic

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