Feasibility Study of Shock Wave Modification in the BRL 2.44 m Blast Simulator

Abstract

Four types of driver sections (short driver, baffled driver, single pipe, and multiple pipe driver) were designed and tested on a 1/48th scale model of the BRL 2.44 m shock tube. Pressures were monitored along the test section with piezoelectric transducers to determine waveshape as a function of drivers. Pressure-time waveforms are compared to computer predictions produced by the NASA-Ames one-dimensional hydrocode. Predictions are given for the performance of the BRL 2.44 m shock tube when suitably modified.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA139631

Entities

People

  • Charles Kingery
  • George A. Coulter
  • Gerald Bulmash

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Euler Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Free Field
  • Hydrocodes
  • Mechanics
  • Scale Models
  • Shock Tubes
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.