Evaluation of the Hull and SHARC Hydrocodes in Simulating the Reflection of Mach 2.12 Non-Decaying Shock on Wedges of Various Angles

Abstract

Hydrodynamic computer code simulations of the interaction of a non- decaying Mach 2.12 shock wave with wedges of various angles are presented. Techniques for simulating this interaction with the HULL and SHARC hydrocodes are evaluated by running the codes in various geometric configurations commonly used to simulate Mach reflection. Fluid dynamics aspects of each geometry are evaluated and discussed. The codes are also run with systematic variations in differencing method and artificial viscosity options. Most of these variations are done in the SHARC also includes the option of using half hydrodynamic and half rigid flow field cells to simulate a smooth wedge surface in a rectangular finite difference grid. These computations are based on experimental and computational work performed at the Ernst Mach Institute, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA227581

Entities

People

  • John D. Wortman
  • Richard E. Lottero

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Capillary Electrophoresis
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • High Resolution
  • Low Resolution
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Security
  • Shock Waves
  • Simulations
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)