Fireball Entrainment Study

Abstract

An experimental program to study the development and entrainment processes of fireballs is described. The high pressure test facility and diagnostic equipment developed for this subscale laboratory study are discussed. Data acquisition, interpretation, and reduction techniques are outlined. Turbulent and laminar mean size/rise data and particle tracking photographs are compared and results reflect marked differences between these two flow regimes. Properly scaled turbulent dimensional data compare favorably with those of a low yield, low altitude nuclear event.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1973
Accession Number
AD0780192

Entities

People

  • David D. Mantrom
  • Wayne W. Haigh

Organizations

  • TRW Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Altitude
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Diagnostic Equipment
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • High Pressure
  • Lasers
  • Low Altitude
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Photographs
  • Reynolds Number
  • Test Facilities
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Software Engineering