ON AN EXTENSION OF TAYLOR'S BLAST WAVE SOLUTION

Abstract

A solution of the hydrodynamic equations is presented which dexcribes a spherically symmetric shock wave in a polytropic gas resulting from the instantaneous release of an arbitrary amount of energy in the center. The external force of gravity as well as some variable density and pressure distribution of the undisturbed medium are taken into account. It is shown that the head of the outwards moving shock wave is located at a distance R(t) = sigma times t to the 2/3 power from the center. The constant sigma is determined from the adiabatic exponent of the gas, the density and pressure coefficients of the ambient medium and the amount of energy supplied by the explosion. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0444208

Entities

People

  • G. M. Schindler

Organizations

  • General Electric

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Heat Flux
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
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  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.