Calculation of Spall Based on a One-Dimensional Model

Abstract

The detonations of a high explosive in contact with a metal plate can cause the plate to spall or fracture. In order to quantitatively describe the phenomena a one-dimensional model of the H. E. plate system is assumed. The problem is then analyzed in terms of the interactions of compression and rarefaction waves. Quantitative predictions of spall using the one-dimensional model are compared to experiment and the agreement is found to be good.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 1961
Accession Number
ADA394887

Entities

People

  • Ernest O. Lawrence
  • Mark L. Wilkins

Organizations

  • University of California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • California
  • Compression
  • Contractors
  • Detonations
  • Equations
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Intervals
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Metal Plates
  • Momentum
  • Strain Rate
  • Thickness
  • Time Intervals
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation