Importance of unsteady contributions to force and heating for particles in compressible flows. Part 2: Application to particle dispersal by blast waves

► Particle dispersal by blast waves is studied by modeling and simulations. ► Unsteady force and heating contributions are dominant at early times. ► Neglecting unsteady contributions leads to significant errors in particle motion. ► Particle motion is a non-monotonic function of particle density or diameter. ► Evolution of particle concentration is non-uniform and strongly unsteady.