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When a high explosive pressure acts on the boundary of a spherical cavity in an elastic medium, the material in a region around the charge behaves plastically and thereafter an elastic wave is propagated. Not only that but the elastic plastic boundary moves also with a certain velocity which is less than the elastic wave velocitySabodash [3]2). In this paper, firstly the case when the elastic plastic boundary moves with a velocityV 0. (V 0<c) has been dealth with. The pressure in the elastic medium on this boundary has been assumed to be constant and equal toP 0. Secondly the case when the elastic plastic boundary moves with an exponentially decaying velocity has been considered. The pressure in the elastic medium on this boundary has also been assumed to be of exponential character.
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Ghosh, M.L. On the propagation of spherical waves due to large underground explosion. PAGEOPH 72, 22–34 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875689
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