MCDU-8-A Computer Code for One-Dimensional Blast Wave Problems

Abstract

The method of characteristics computer code MCDU-8 which calculates solutions for one-dimensional blast wave problems is described. Since the code does not treat the detonation wave, it commences calculation when the detonation emerges from the charge surface. Subsequently, shocks are traced exactly using the Rankine-Hugoniot relations while continuous regions are calculated using the method of characteristics. Comparisons are presented between MCDU-8 solutions for spherical pentolite and other solutions and experiments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA013864

Entities

People

  • Donald L. Tuckmantel
  • James Mao
  • Pei C. Chou

Organizations

  • Drexel University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compressed Air
  • Computer Programming
  • Equations Of State
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluids
  • Gases
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Method Of Characteristics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Particles
  • Physical Properties
  • Pressure Distribution

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Computer Science.