Mass loss of exploding foils
Abstract
A thin asymmetrically driven exploding foil loses mass when the acceleration of the bulk of the foils exceeds the acceleration of the foil’s back. A simplified but exactly solvable model clarifies the mass erosion process.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1988
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.341790
Entities
People
- N R Pereira
- R. E. Terry
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory