The procedure for estimating the overpressure at any distance r resulting from the explosion
of a mass of material is as follows: (1) Compute the energy of the explosion using established
thermodynamic procedures, (2) convert the energy to an equivalent amount of TNT,
(3) use the scaling law and the correlations of Figure 6-23 to estimate the overpressure, and
(4) use Table 6-9 to estimate the damage.