The Blast Wave from Deflagrative Explosions, an Acoustic Approach

Abstract

Simple acoustic source theory has been applied to determine the maximum overpressure obtainable by the deflagration of nonspherical clouds. In three dimensions overpressure is generated not by the rate of energy addition but by the first time derivative of the rate. Because of this, deflagrative combustion of edge-ignited clouds produces markedly less overpressure than central, spherical ignition. Examples are presented for three nonspherical cloud and igniter geometries. The implication is that even high velocity, subsonic combustion waves cannot produce damaging blast waves and that some type of supersonic combustion or massive flame acceleration is required if a damaging blast wave is to be produced.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA083783

Entities

People

  • Roger A. Strehlow

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustic Properties
  • Acoustics
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Combustion
  • Deflagration
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Fires
  • Geometry
  • Ignition
  • Materials
  • Observers
  • Subsonic Combustion
  • Supersonic Combustion
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics