[ASME ASME 2017 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting - Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA (Sunday 30 July 2017)] Volume 1C, Symposia: Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flows; Gas and Liquid-Solid Two-Phase Flows; Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flow; Turbulent Flows: Issues and Perspectives; Flow Applications in Aerospace; Fluid Power; Bio-Inspired Fluid Mechanics; Flow Manipulation and Active Control; Fundamental Issues and Perspectives in Fluid Mechanics; Transport Phenomena in Energy Conversion From Clean and Sustainable Resources; Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing and Manufacturing Processes - Understanding the Mechanics of Blast Pressure Waves Inside a Shock-Tube: Effects of Geometry Optimization on the Blast Profile