Accession Number:

ADB279151

Title:

Tables and Graphs of the Theoretical Peak Pressures, Energies, and Impulses of Shock Waves from Explosive Sources in Sea Water

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CORNELL UNIV ITHACA NY

Personal Author(s):

• Brinkley, Jr., Stuart R.
• Kirkwood, John G.

Report Date:

1945-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

A theory of the propagation of shock waves from explosive sources was presented in NDRC Report A-318 OSRD - 4814. In that report, a pair of ordinary differential equations for peak pressure and shock-wave energy as functions of the distance from the source were formulated from the equations of hydrodynamics by imposing a similarity restraint on the shape of the energy-time curve of the shock wave. Two-parameter families of peak pressure-distance curves are obtained by the solution of these propagation equations. The parameters are conveniently chosen as the initial values of the pressure and shock-wave energy. In the present report, tables and graphs of the two-parameter families of curves for shock waves from explosive sources in sea water are presented. A method is outlined for the determination of the parameters from experimental values of the peak pressure and impulse over a limited range of distances from the source.

Descriptors:

• *PRESSURE SIGNATURES
• *SHOCK WAVES
• *EXPLOSIONS
• HUGONIOT EQUATIONS
• HYDRODYNAMICS
• SEA WATER
• WAVE PROPAGATION
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Explosions
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE