Shock Waves produced by Impulsive Load: Equation of State Effects
Abstract
A numerical study of the flow after impulsive load of a plane material surface is carried out. It is shown that the flow is asymptotically self-similar provided one can neglect the cold components in the equation of state. In this case the effective exponent s(t) = d l n (X s) / d ln(t), derived from the shock trajectory Xs (t) does not depend on the initial pressure pulse and approaches the exponent α of the self-similar problem for time t →∞. For equations of state containing a cold pressure term, s (t) is larger than α and changes non-monotonically with time. Some features of the flow related to the presence of cold components in pressure and internal energy are discussed.
- Publication:
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Zeitschrift Naturforschung Teil A
- Pub Date:
- March 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1515/zna-1992-0301
- Bibcode:
- 1992ZNatA..47..453L
- Keywords:
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- Shock wave;
- Impulsive load;
- Equation-of-state;
- High pressure;
- Self-similar flow