HYDRA PROGRAM. UNDERWATER EXPLOSION BUBBLE'S TIME HISTORY
Abstract
A brief description of the physical phenomena gas bubble, shock wave, and water flow - arising from an underwater spherical chemical detonation, along with a critique of past work on the subject is presented. Assuming a non-steady, irrotational, compressible, unbounded water flow in a zero gravitational field, and using appropriate fluid dynamic and certain assumed thermodynamic relations, the exact equation for the water potential function F is derived. The general solution, F(r,t), is discussed, and two particular solutions, with boundary conditions applied, are presented for the bubble radius a(t) up to the time of first maximum radius. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 02, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0260391
Entities
People
- M. Kaltwasser
Organizations
- Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory