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

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Marine Propulsion Engineering and Naval Architecture