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Definition of Overpressures
1. overpressure [n] - See also: overpressure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpressures
Literary usage of Overpressures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maritime Security: Public Safety Consequences of a Terrorist Attack on A by Jim Wells (2007)
"In some cases, the overpressures generated were strong enough to damage test ...
Overpressures generated from RPTs would be very unlikely to have a direct ..."
2. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon, Robert Q. Marston (1986)
"Skull fractures, intra- or extracerebral hemorrhage, and cervical spine injuries
occur at high overpressures, which create peak wind velocities that could ..."
3. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"Two mechanisms can release these fluid overpressures: large scale natural
hydrofracturing or smaller scale damages associated with dilatancy that enhance ..."
4. Education, a First Book by Edward Lee Thorndike (1912)
"writing, improvement with practice consists in part in omitting the tremblings,
overpressures, and erratic pushes and pulls. In adding, one ceases to say to ..."
5. Soviet Military Policy Since World War II by Richard Felix Staar (1986)
"Hard targets are rated at the overpressures they can withstand, expressed in
pounds per square inch, or psi. 3. CEPs, yields, and deployment data are from ..."
6. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Simulated weapon yields will cover the range of 0.1 to 600 kilotons with peak
overpressures produced from 3 to 35 psi and thermal fluences up to 200 cal/sq ..."
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