The initiation of condensed explosives by shock waves from metals

1958 ◽  
Vol 246 (1245) ◽  
pp. 284-288 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Detonation Wave ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Delay Time ◽  
Incident Shock ◽  
Shock Strength ◽  
Solid Explosive ◽  
Condensed Explosives

When a shock wave is transmitted from a metal to a solid explosive a pure shock wave is transmitted into the explosive. The shock generally builds up to a complete detonation wave but in some cases it fails to initiate the explosive. In the former case an effective delay time in the initiation of the explosive is observed. Initiation delays have been measured in 2 in. diam. sticks of 60/40 RDX/TNT as a function of incident shock strength in mild steel and aluminium .

On Generation of Ultra-High Pressure by Converging of Underwater Shock Waves

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Itoh ◽  
S. Kubota ◽  
S. Nagano ◽  
M. Fujita
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Detonation Wave ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Ceramic Materials ◽  
Underwater Shock Wave ◽  
Water Chamber ◽  
Metallic Compounds ◽  
Underwater Shock ◽  
Graph System

The characteristics of a new assembly for the shock consolidation of difficult-to-consolidate powders, such as inter-metallic compounds or ceramic materials, were investigated by both the experimental method and numerical simulation method. The assembly consists of an explosive container, a water chamber, and a powder container. Once the explosive is detonated, a detonation wave occurs and propagates, and then impinges on the water surface of the water chamber. After that, there occurs immediately an underwater shock wave in the water chamber. The underwater shock wave interacts with the wall of the chamber during its propagation so that its strength is increased by the converging effect. We used the usual shadow graph system to photograph the interaction process between detonation wave and water. We also used a Manganin piezoresistance gage to measure the converged pressure of the conical water chamber. Finally, we numerically investigated, in detail, the converging effects of the various conical water chambers on the underwater shock waves. The experimental results and the correspondingly numerical results agree quite well with each other.

scholarly journals Explosion waves and shock waves III-The initiation of detonation in mixtures of ethylene and oxygen and of carbon monoxide and oxygen

1935 ◽  
Vol 152 (876) ◽  
pp. 418-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Payman ◽  
H. Titman ◽  
Jocelyn Field Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Detonation Wave ◽  
Wave Speed ◽  
Gas Mixtures ◽  
Gas Mixture ◽  
And Shock Waves ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Detonating Gas

This series of papers has so far dealt mainly with non-maintained or partially maintained atmospheric shock waves, and only incidentally with the fully maintained "detonation" wave. It is generally accepted that the detonation wave in an explosive gas mixture is a shock wave produced by the rapid combustion of the mixture, sufficiently intense to cause almost instantaneous ignition of the gas through which it passes, and continuous maintained by the combustion thereby started. An account of some preliminary experiments, using the "wave-speed" camera to record the movement of the flame and of the invisible shock waves in front of the flame in gas mixtures prior to detonation, has already been given by one of us. Those experiments related mainly to hydrogen-oxygen and methane-oxygen mixtures whose aptitude to detonate may be regarded as moderate, for the continuation of the work, mixtures with oxygen have again been used, but a more readily detonating gas, ethylene, was chosen. Experiments were also made with carbon monoxide, because the flame usually requires a comparatively long run before detonation is established. These two gases have the advantage, not shared by hydrogen and methane, that their predetonation flames are sufficiently actinic for good records to be obtained by direct photography for comparison with corresponding "wave-speed" records. All gas mixtures used were saturated with water vapour.

Paper 14: On the Reflection of Shock Waves from Deflector Plates

1965 ◽  
Vol 180 (10) ◽  
pp. 245-259
Author(s):  
W. A. Woods
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Incident Shock ◽  
Incident Shock Wave ◽  
Reflected Shock Wave ◽  
Reflected Wave ◽  
Reflected Shock ◽  
Pressure Time ◽  
Wave Travel ◽  
Wave Region

The paper first explains the importance of the reflection of shock waves in the design of certain chemical plant. The theory of the reflection of shock waves is also discussed in the first part of the paper. It is shown that when a shock wave travelling along a pipe containing stationary gas reaches the outlet end of the pipe there may be ( a) a reflected expansion wave, ( b) a reflected shock wave, ( c) a reflected sound wave, ( d) no reflected wave at all, ( e) a standing shock wave situated at the end of the pipe, depending upon the strength of the incident shock wave and the amount of blockage present at the outlet end of the pipe. The conditions for each kind of reflection are determined, and in the case of the reflected shock wave region the strengths and speeds of the reflected shock waves are established throughout the region and the results are presented graphically. In the second part of the paper the results are given of experiments carried out on a shock tube fitted with various kinds of deflector plates. The experiments were performed to study the reflection of shock waves from the deflector plates by measuring pressure/time indicator diagrams near the outlet end of the pipe. The indicator diagrams revealed the approximate pressure amplitudes of the incident and reflected shock waves and also the wave travel times for the shock waves. This information was used in conjunction with the charts given in the first part of the paper to establish the deflector geometry and spacing needed in order to avoid the occurrence of a reflected shock wave.

Transmission of elastic disturbances caused by air shock waves in a living body

1961 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl-Johan Clemedson ◽  
Arne Jönsson
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Lead Zirconate Titanate ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Great Part ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Incident Shock ◽  
Incident Shock Wave ◽  
The Body ◽  
Pressure Curve

Anesthetized rabbits were exposed to air shock waves in a detonation chamber. The pressure wave patterns were recorded by means of a small lead zirconate titanate pressure transducer in the following parts of the body: at and under the skin of the side facing the charge, in the pleural sac and in the lung of that side, in the right and left ventricle of the heart, in the lung and in the pleural sac on the side opposite the charge, under the skin of that side, in the stomach, and in the skull between the bone and the brain. When the incident shock wave is propagated through the body the very steep shock front is converted so that the ascending limb of the pressure peak is much less steep, with a duration up to several hundred microseconds. The longest periods of pressure rise were found in the heart ventricles and stomach. The amplitude of the pressure curve generally diminishes as the wave passes through the body. The changes of the original shock wave are due probably in great part to the inhomogeneous structure of the animal body. Note: (With the Technical Assistance of A.-B. Sundqvist) Submitted on October 24, 1960

Simple Waves and Shock Waves Generated by an Incident Shock Wave in Two-Dimensional Hyperelastic Materials

1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 586-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongchi Li ◽  
T. C. T. Ting
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Energy Function ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Strain Energy Function ◽  
Incident Shock ◽  
Plane Shock ◽  
Developable Surface ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Reflected Waves

The reflection of an oblique plane shock wave from a boundary in a two-dimensional isotropic hyperelastic material is studied. For plane strain deformations, the strain energy function W is a function of two invariants p and q of the deformation gradient. There are, in general, two reflected waves each of which can be a simple wave or a shock wave. For a special class of materials for which the strain energy function W(p, q) represents a developable surface (of which harmonic materials are particular examples), one of the reflected waves is always a shock wave. It is shown that there are materials other than harmonic materials for which the wave speeds are independent of the direction of propagation. Illustrative examples are presented to show how one can determine the reflected waves from a rigid boundary. It is also shown that for certain incident shock waves, there exists only one reflected wave.

One-dimensional spherical shock waves in an interstellar dusty gas clouds

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 417-425
Author(s):  
Astha Chauhan ◽  
Kajal Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Shock Propagation ◽  
Dusty Gas ◽  
Shock Strength ◽  
Efficient System ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Arbitrary Strength ◽  
Spherical Shock

Abstract A system of partial differential equations describing the one-dimensional motion of an inviscid self-gravitating and spherical symmetric dusty gas cloud, is considered. Using the method of the kinematics of one-dimensional motion of shock waves, the evolution equation for the spherical shock wave of arbitrary strength in interstellar dusty gas clouds is derived. By applying first order truncation approximation procedure, an efficient system of ordinary differential equations describing shock propagation, which can be regarded as a good approximation of infinite hierarchy of the system. The truncated equations, which describe the shock strength and the induced discontinuity, are used to analyze the behavior of the shock wave of arbitrary strength in a medium of dusty gas. The results are obtained for the exponents from the successive approximation and compared with the results obtained by Guderley’s exact similarity solution and characteristic rule (CCW approximation). The effects of the parameters of the dusty gas and cooling-heating function on the shock strength are depicted graphically.

scholarly journals Effects of Reversed Shock Waves on Operation Mode in H2/O2 Rotating Detonation Chambers

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
pp. 8296
Author(s):  
Yanliang Chen ◽  
Xiangyang Liu ◽  
Jianping Wang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Detonation Wave ◽  
Operation Mode ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Mode Switching ◽  
Rotating Waves ◽  
Operation Modes ◽  
Rotating Detonation

Operation modes are an important topic in the research of Rotating Detonation Chamber (RDC) as it can affect the stability of RDC. However, they have not been discussed in detail due to the limitation of measurement means in experiments. The aim of this research is to investigate the mechanism of different operation modes by numerical simulation. In this paper, a numerical simulation for RDCs with separate injectors is carried out. Different operation modes and mode switching are analyzed. There is a series of reversed shock waves in the flow field. It was found that they have great effects on operation mode and mode switching in RDCs. A reversed shock wave can transit into a detonation wave after passing through isolated fresh gas region where fresh gas and burnt gas distribute alternatively. This shock-to-detonation transition (SDT) phenomenon will influence the ignition process, contra-rotating waves mode and mode switching in RDCs. SDT makes the number of detonation wave increases, resulting in multi-wave mode with one ignition. Moreover, quenching of detonation waves after collision and SDT after passing through isolated fresh gas region are the mechanism of contra-rotating waves mode in RDCs with separate injectors. In addition, when the inlet total temperature increases, a shock wave is easier to transit into a detonation wave. The distance that a shock wave travels before SDT decreases when temperature increases. This will result in mode switching. Therefore, SDT determines that there is a lower bound of detonation wave number.

scholarly journals Experimental investigation of shock waves in liquid helium I and II

1976 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Cummings
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Shock Tube ◽  
Liquid Helium ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Incident Shock ◽  
Incident Shock Wave ◽  
Liquid Interface ◽  
Reflected Shock

The flow field produced by a shock wave reflecting from a helium gas-liquid interface was investigated using a cryogenic shock tube. Incident and reflected shock waves were observed in the gas; transmitted first- and second-sound shocks were observed in the liquid. Wave diagrams are constructed to compare the data with theoretical wave trajectories. Qualitative agreement between data and theory is shown. Quantitative differences between data and theory indicate a need for further analysis of both the gas-liquid interface and the propagation of nonlinear waves in liquid helium.This work was a first step in the experimental investigation of a complex non-equilibrium state. The results demonstrate clearly the usefulness of the cryogenic shock tube as a research tool. The well-controlled jump in temperature and pressure across the incident shock wave provides unique initial conditions for the study of dynamic phenomena in superfluid helium.

The normal motion of a shock wave through a non-uniform one-dimensional medium

1955 ◽  
Vol 232 (1190) ◽  
pp. 350-370 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Density Distribution ◽  
Contact Discontinuity ◽  
Initial Density ◽  
Incident Shock ◽  
Shock Strength ◽  
Total Strength ◽  
Reflected Wave ◽  
Uniform Medium ◽  
Initial Density Distribution

The non-uniform medium is regarded as a succession of small-density discontinuities separated by uniform regions. Consideration of the interaction of a shock wave with a weak contact discontinuity gives a first-order relationship between change in shock strength and change in density across the discontinuity, which is integrated to give the shock strength as a function of the initial density of the non-uniform medium in closed form. Due to the passage of the shock, a wave is reflected back through the non-uniform medium, generating in turn a doubly reflected wave which eventually catches up the shock. A complete description of the flow as modified by the first reflected wave is obtained. The modifications to the flow caused by the doubly reflected wave are more difficult to formulate, and a complete description of the flow so modified is not given. The extra difficulty is partly due to the dependence of the doubly reflected wave on the initial density distribution, whereas the motion of the incident shock, and the flow behind it as modified only by the first reflected wave, are found to have the useful property that they are independent of the particular density-distance distribution being considered. Calculations of the total strength of the doubly reflected wave, and the strength of the incident shock when this wave has fully merged with it, have been made for a particular density distribution. A comparison of this calculated strength with the strength of the shock transmitted, after the interaction of a shock wave and a contact discontinuity, suggests that a description of the flow which takes account only of the single and double reflexions is satisfactory, even if the initial density distribution varies considerably.

Evaluation of assumptions and criteria in pseudostationary oblique shock-wave reflections

1986 ◽  
Vol 406 (1830) ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Mach Reflection ◽  
Wedge Angle ◽  
Incident Shock ◽  
Incident Shock Wave ◽  
Oblique Shock ◽  
Oblique Shock Wave ◽  
Reflected Shock ◽  
Wedge Surface

Many experiments in various gases have now been performed on regular and Mach reflection of oblique shock waves in pseudostationary flow. Experimental agreement with the analytical boundaries for such reflec­tions with two- and three-shock theories is reasonable but not precise enough over the entire range of incident shock-wave Mach numbers ( M s ) and compression wedge angle ( θ W ) used in the experiments. In order to improve the agreement, the assumptions and criteria employed in the analysis were critically examined by the use of the experimental data for nitrogen (N 2 ), argon (Ar), carbon-dioxide (CO 2 ), air and sulphurhexa-fluoride (SF 6 ). The assumptions regarding the excitation of the internal degrees of freedom were evaluated based on a relation between the relaxation lengths and a characteristic length of the flow. The ranges in which the frozen-gas and vibrational-equilibrium-gas assumptions can be applied were verified by comparing the experimental and numerical values of δ, the angle between the incident and the reflected shock waves. The deviations of the experimental orientation of the Mach stem at the triple point from a line perpendicular to the wedge surface were considered. A new criterion for the transition from single-Mach to complex-Mach reflection improved the agreement with experiments in the ( M S , θ W )-transition-boundary map. The effects of the shock-induced boundary layer on the wedge surface on the reflected-wave angle and the persistence of regular reflection into the Mach reflection region (‘von Neumann paradox’) were evaluated.

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