Blast Mitigation by Water Mist (2) Shock Wave Mitigation Using Glass Particles and Water Droplets in Shock Tubes

Abstract

This report is the second in a series of reports discussing mitigation of blasts using water mists. The previous report described numerical simulations of a TNT blast. The present report has combined that numerical procedure with a two-continuum model for dispersed-phase calculations. The specific approach used for the dispersed-phase calculations is the sectional approach, and is described in this report along with a series of simulations conducted for validation, and also for the purpose of better understanding interactions between shock waves and particle-seeded gases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 21, 2003
Accession Number
ADA411687

Entities

People

  • Douglas Schwer
  • Kazhikathra Kailasanath

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Temperature
  • Ideal Gas Law
  • Latent Heat
  • Mach Number
  • Materials
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves
  • Specific Heat
  • Surface Temperature
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
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  • Explosive Engineering.