Large Blast and Thermal Simulator Advanced Concept Driver Design by Computational Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

The construction of a large test facility has been proposed for simulating the blast and thermal environment resulting from nuclear explosions. This facility would be used to test the survivability and vulnerability of military equipment such as trucks, tanks and helicopters in a simulated thermal and blast environment, and to perform research into nuclear blast phenomenology. The proposed advanced design concepts, heating of driver gas and fast-acting throat valves for wave shaping, are described and the results of CFD studies to advance these new technical concepts fro simulating decaying blast waves are reported. Keywords: Computational fluid dynamics; Large blast wave simulators; Thermal simulators; CFD design studies; Blast wave simulation; LB/TS Design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA211364

Entities

People

  • Klaus O. Opalka

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programs
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Environment
  • Euler Equations
  • Explosions
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Research
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
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