FLOW IN MODEL ROOMS CAUSED BY AIR SHOCK WAVES

Abstract

Experimental results and two-dimensional computer code predictions are shown which illustrate the internal air flow inside model rooms when loaded externally by air shock waves in a 5-20 psi range. Stagnation and side-on fill pressure records are presented for three-dimensional models which indicate that flow patterns similar to those observed in the two-dimensional study are present inside the three-dimensional models. Baffles were placed inside the entrances of the models which re-directed the air flow to positions off the entrance centerline and gave more safe floor area.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0711885

Entities

People

  • George A. Coulter

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Army
  • Civil Defense
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Flow
  • Mathematics
  • Overpressure
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radial Velocity
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Stagnation Pressure
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waves

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.