NOTE ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE FORM OF AIR SHOCKS FROM THE DECAY CURVE

Abstract

Expressions connecting the first derivative of the shock parameters just behind the front with the decay curves are given in the form convenient for comparison with experimental results, for plane, cylindrical and spherical shocks. Comparison of pressure-time gage measurements on 'spherical' shocks with the decay curve for shocks from spherical Pentolite charges is included. The discussion is preliminary to the determination of the form of the shock from these charges now being undertaken by integration of the hydrodynamic equations along the Kirkwood-Brinkley decay curve.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1952
Accession Number
AD0641977

Entities

People

  • Jane Dewey

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Computations
  • Continuity
  • Detonations
  • Equations
  • Explosive Gases
  • Explosives
  • Gases
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Method Of Characteristics
  • Munitions
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Specific Heat
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Rocket Propulsion.