DETERMINATION OF A SINGLE POINT ON THE HUGONIOT SOLID EQUATION OF STATE CURVE

Abstract

The Hugoniot solid equation of state curve is the curve of pressure and compressibility for a sample material. Compressibility, n, is the ratio of the densities of the shocked material to that of the shock-free material. The shock wave creating the pressure is produced by forcing an aluminum sabot down the barrel of a light gas gun to impact on a pressure transducer. The light gas gun has the desirable ability to reproduce sabot velocities and to produce planar impacts. The theory behind the experiments is in two parts. One part relates the pressure produced on impact to compressibility, and the other relates the pressure incident on the transducer to its electrical output.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0419024

Entities

People

  • George P. Crotwell Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Air Force
  • Elastic Waves
  • Engineering
  • Equations Of State
  • Gas Guns
  • Geometry
  • Guard Rings
  • High Pressure
  • Hugoniot Equations
  • Light Gas Guns
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Shock Waves
  • Transmission Lines
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.