Computer simulation of the effect of free surface reflection on shock wave propagation in water
Abstract
A computer simulation is used to study the behavior of a fluid which has been set into motion by a point explosion below a bounding free surface. Of particular interest is the interaction between the incident shock wave and the reflected rarefaction signal which, under certain conditions, can overtake the shock front. Onset criteria for the envelope which separates the region of irregular from that of regular rarefaction, the nonspherical shape of the shock front, and the pulse profile for several depths of burst covering both strong and weak shock interactions with the surface are discussed.
- Publication:
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Presented at the Am. Phys. Soc. Topical Conf. on Shock Waves in Condensed Matter
- Pub Date:
- July 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985aps..meetR....K
- Keywords:
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- Computerized Simulation;
- Reflection;
- Shock Wave Interaction;
- Shock Wave Propagation;
- Water;
- Rarefaction;
- Shock Fronts;
- Surface Waves;
- Underwater Explosions;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer