Modeling and Analysis of the High Energy Liner Experiment, HEL-1

Abstract

A high energy, massive liner experiment, driven by an explosive flux compressor generator, was conducted at VNIIEF firing point, Sarov, on August 22, 1996. We report results of numerical modeling and analysis we have performed on the solid liner dynamics of this 4.0 millimeter thick aluminum liner as it was imploded from an initial inner radius of 236 mm onto a Central Measuring Unit (CMU), radius 55 mm. Both one- and two-dimensional MHD calculations have been performed, with emphasis on studies of Rayleigh-Taylor instability in the presence of strength and on liner/glide plane interactions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA640483

Entities

People

  • A. M. Buyko
  • Irvin R. Lindemuth
  • P. T. Sheehey
  • R. J. Faehl
  • Robert E. Reinovsky
  • S. F. Garanin
  • V. B. Yakubov
  • V. K. Chernyshev
  • V. N. Mokhov

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Data Sets
  • Dynamics
  • Energy
  • Explosives
  • Generators
  • High Energy
  • Instability
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Physics
  • Pulsed Power
  • Short Wavelengths
  • Simulations
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.