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Overpressure
Overpressure
(or
blast overpressure
) is the pressure caused by a
shock wave
over and above normal
atmospheric pressure
. The shock wave may be caused by
sonic boom
or by
explosion
, and the resulting overpressure receives particular attention when measuring the
effects of nuclear weapons
or
thermobaric bombs
.
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