Accession Number:

AD0670937

Title:

AIR SHOCK FILLING OF MODEL ROOMS

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY BALLISTIC RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Coulter, George A.

Report Date:

1968-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

396.0

Abstract:

The results of model room and chamber filling are given for two- and three-dimensional models exposed to shock waves 5-10 psi overpressure produced in the 4 x 15 in. and 24 in. shock tubes. Additional results are given for a field experiment in which a 3 ft cubic room was exposed to a 5 psi overpressure blast wave from the explosion of 100 tons of TNT. The results are presented on pressure-time filling records and on high speed photographs. A smoke grid technique was used to illustrate the shock filling process.

Descriptors:

• *SHOCK WAVES
• *STRUCTURES
• AIR
• BLAST
• DOORS
• EXPLOSION GASES
• FILLING
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• SHELTERS
• TNT

Subject Categories:

• Aerodynamics
• Explosions
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE