Optical measurement and scaling of blasts from gram-range explosive charges

Laboratory-scale experiments with gram-range explosive charges are presented. Optical shadowgraphy and high-speed digital imaging are used to measure the explosive-driven shock-wave position as a function of time. From this, shock Mach number-versus-distance from the explosion center can be found. These data then yield the peak overpressure and duration, which are the key parameters in determining the potential damage from an explosion as well as the TNT equivalent of the explosive. Piezoelectric pressure gage measurements of overpressure duration at various distances from the explosive charges compare well with theoretical calculations. A scaling analysis yields an approach to relate the gram-range blast to a large-scale blast from the same or different explosives. This approach is particularly suited to determining the properties and behavior of exotic explosives like triacetone triperoxide (TATP). Results agree with previous observations that the concept of a single TNT equivalence value is inadequate to fully describe an explosive yield, rather TNT equivalence factor and overpressure duration should be presented as functions of radius.      

在开阔空间中水对爆炸冲击波的削波作用

用数值方法计算了开阔空间中布置在炸药周围的水对爆炸冲击波的削波作用。计算结果与实验测量数据进行了比较。计算表明 ,在炸药周围布置 1～ 5倍于炸药质量的水可以把爆炸冲击波峰值压力减小17%～ 46 %。     

基于广义逆算法的冲击波超压场重建方法

针对局部布点测试不能全面了解冲击波传播过程的不足,以及冲击波超压经验公式的局限性,采用网络化测试技术获取冲击波信号,以计算机层析成像技术为基础,利用加权广义逆反演算法对爆炸冲击波速度场进行反演,根据峰值超压与速度的关系得到峰值超压场分布。经一定测试范围内实验验证,峰值超压重建结果优于经验公式计算结果。     

Shock waves from an open-ended shock tube with different shapes

A new method for decreasing the attenuation of a shock wave emerging from an open-ended shock tube exit into a large free space has been developed to improve the shock wave technique for cleaning deposits on the surfaces in industrial equipments by changing the tube exit geometry. Three tube exits (the simple tube exit, a tube exit with ring and a coaxial tube exit) were used to study the propagation processes of the shock waves. The detailed flow features were experimentally investigated by use of a two-dimensional color schlieren method and by pressure measurements. By comparing the results for different tube exits, it is shown that the expansion of the shock waves near the mouth can be restricted by using the tube exit with ring or the coaxial tube exit. Thus, the attenuation of the shock waves is reduced. The time histories of overpressure have illustrated that the best results are obtained for the coaxial tube exit. But the pressure signals for the tube exit with ring showed comparable results with the advantage of a relatively simple geometry. The flow structures of diffracting shock waves have also been simulated by using an upwind finite volume scheme based on a high order extension of Godunov's method as well as an adaptive unstructured triangular mesh refinement/unrefinement algorithm. The numberical results agree remarkably with the experimental ones.     

基于主-次激波在变截面管中传播的数值模拟

采用二阶精度的单调迎风中心格式(MUSCL)和非结构自适应网格技术与有限体积形式,对轴对称变截面管道中基于主-次的爆轰波传播过程进行了数值模拟。结果表明,基于主-次的爆轰波传播至目标区时,冲击波流场均匀、稳定,波形良好;适当提高驱动段的爆炸能量,目标区能够获得预想的冲击波超压值和作用时间。     

钢化玻璃冲击波毁伤效应测试结果分析

为研究爆炸冲击波对钢化玻璃的毁伤阈值,开展了钢化玻璃冲击波毁伤效应实验。对每一发实验进行了爆炸参数测试,获得了冲击波超压随时间变化历程的实验数据。通过对实验数据的处理与分析,得到了爆炸冲击波基本参数,包括正反射超压、冲击波到时、正压作用时间、正反射冲量、负反射超压、负压作用时间和负反射冲量等。将实验结果与CONWEP计算结果进行了比较,比较结果表明二者误差很小,证明冲击波测试结果准确可靠。对冲击波正负反射参数进行了比较,结果表明冲击波正反射参数明显高于冲击波负反射参数。     

Background-oriented schlieren with natural background for quantitative visualization of open-air explosions

This study describes an attempt of quantitative visualization of open-air explosions via the background-oriented schlieren method (BOS). The shock wave propagation curve and overpressure distribution were extracted from the obtained images and compared with the results of the numerical analysis. The potential of extracting the density distribution behind the shock front is also demonstrated. Two open-air explosions were conducted; one with a $36$ -kg emulsion explosive and the other with a $7.89$ -kg composition C4 explosive. A high-speed digital video camera was used with a frame rate of $10{,}000\,\mathrm{Hz}$ and a pixel size of $800 \times 600$ . A natural background, including trees and grass, was used for BOS measurements instead of the random dots used in a laboratory. The overpressure distribution given by the passing shock was estimated from the visualized images. The estimated overpressures agreed with the values recorded by pressure transducers in the test field. The background displacement caused by light diffraction inside the spherical shock waves was in good agreement, except at the shock front. The results shown here suggest that the BOS method for open-air experiments could provide increasingly better quantitative and conventional visualization results with increasing spatial resolution of high-speed cameras.     

Background oriented schlieren for flow visualisation in hypersonic impulse facilities

Experiments to demonstrate the use of the background-oriented schlieren (BOS) technique in hypersonic impulse facilities are reported. BOS uses a simple optical set-up consisting of a structured background pattern, an electronic camera with a high shutter speed and a high intensity light source. The visualization technique is demonstrated in a small reflected shock tunnel with a Mach 4 conical nozzle, nozzle supply pressure of 2.2 MPa and nozzle supply enthalpy of 1.8 MJ/kg. A 20° sharp circular cone and a model of the MUSES-C re-entry body were tested. Images captured were processed using PIV-style image analysis to visualize variations in the density field. The shock angle on the cone measured from the BOS images agreed with theoretical calculations to within 0.5°. Shock standoff distances could be measured from the BOS image for the re-entry body. Preliminary experiments are also reported in higher enthalpy facilities where flow luminosity can interfere with imaging of the background pattern. A version of this paper was presented at the 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves in Bangalore in July 2005.     

Propagation characteristics of shock waves driven by gaseous detonation waves

We experimentally investigated propagation characteristics of the shock wave driven by a gaseous detonation wave emerging from the open end of a cylindrical detonation tube. In the present study, we visualized the shock wave and exhaust flowfields using a shadowgraph optical system and we obtained peak overpressure in the tube axial direction and the continuous shape transformation of shock waves around the tube open end. We also obtained overpressure histories of the shock wave using piezo-pressure transducers within 201 m from the open end of the tube. We normalized and classified these results by four regions using non-dimensional pressure and distance which are independent of variety of mixture and tube diameter. In the vicinity of the open end of the tube, the shock wave is nearly planar and does not significantly attenuate, and the peak overpressure maintains approximately C–J pressure. Subsequently, the shock wave attenuates rapidly, transforming from quasi-spherical to spherical. Farther from the tube open end, the shock wave propagates with approximately sound characteristic so that the peak overpressure decreases proportional to 1/r. Eventually, the shock wave begins to attenuate more rapidly than ideal sound attenuation, which may be due to the viscous effect.     

高压短脉冲激波的传播及衰减

本文给出一个简单的分析模型,以此研究高压短脉冲激波的传播和衰减,并给出了一个激光加载下激波传播的算例。计算结果和实验结果误差在10％左右,这一方法对于短脉冲激波传播的近似分析,试验前的预估,以及实验的设计等将是十分有用的。文中还对平板撞击和高能量束在脉冲加载过程中的异同作了讨论。     

Cinematographic investigations of the explosively driven dispersion and ignition of solid particles

We present results of an experimental study of blast wave propagation and particle dispersion induced by a free-field detonation of spherical charges made of a 125 g C-4 explosive surrounded by inert or reactive particles. Visualization of the flow was performed with a high-frame-rate video camera. Background oriented Schlieren (BOS) methods were adapted to process the images that allowed the detection of the shock waves. BOS analysis also revealed that particles form agglomerates, which may generate precursor perturbations on the recorded pressure signals. While inert glass particles notably delay the shock, the combustion of aluminium particles can accelerate it, especially if they are small atomized or flaked particles. When a mixture of inert glass particles with reactive particles is dispersed, the agglomerates are formed by coalescence of both materials.     

Uniaxial-strain wave-propagation experiments using shock-tube loading

A technique for studying uniaxial-strain pulse propagation is discussed. The face of a disk-shaped sample is loaded uniformly with step-function pressure by reflection of a gasdynamic shock wave. The effect of propagation through the sample on the step pulse is observed by use of measurements of the velocity of the sample's rear surface made with a capacitive transducer. Data are presented for several materials. The technique is advantageous for study of pulse dispersion mechanisms such as bulk viscoelasticity and heterogeneous microstructure.     

Visualization of compressible vortex rings using the background-oriented schlieren method

In this article, we attempt to validate flow visualization using the high-speed background-oriented schlieren (HiBOS) method, which is the BOS technique combined with a high-speed video camera as the recording device in the experiment. The method has been applied to shock-induced flow near the open end of a shock tube. Three incident shock Mach numbers were examined so that the BOS measurements could be compared with results given in the literature of particle-image velocimetry (PIV) measurements. Using the HiBOS technique, we were able to clearly view developing, compressible vortex rings and diffracted shock waves discharged from the open end of the shock tube. From the BOS images, we extracted the history of the propagation velocity, the diameter of the vortex ring, and the diameter of the vortex core, all of which agree with the corresponding PIV values reported in the literature.     

舱内爆炸角隅汇聚反射冲击波超压特性研究

为研究密闭舱室内爆角隅汇聚反射冲击波超压特性,利用缩比模型进行了某典型舱室内爆试验,得到远离角隅、两面角隅和三面角隅处的冲击波载荷,结合数值模拟研究了3种特征位置处冲击波传播规律及载荷特征。研究结果表明:远离角隅处壁面反射冲击波超压曲线呈现单峰结构,反射冲击波以球面波传播;距两面角隅一定范围内冲击波超压曲线呈现双峰结构,两面角隅冲击波超压曲线呈现单峰结构,角隅汇聚反射冲击波以椭球状传播;距三面角隅一定范围内冲击波超压曲线呈现多峰结构,三面角隅冲击波超压曲线呈现单峰结构,角隅汇聚反射冲击波以球面波传播;在合理假设条件下,根据量纲分析及数值模拟结果,得到首次冲击时角隅汇聚反射冲击波载荷经验计算公式。     

低温和低压环境下炸药爆炸冲击波的传播特性

针对高海拔或高空的低温、低压环境对炸药爆炸冲击波传播的影响,利用量纲分析理论和AUTODYN有限元软件,研究了低温、低压及海拔高度对炸药爆炸冲击波参量（峰值超压、比冲量和波阵面运动轨迹）的影响规律,建立了相应的计算公式,并通过数值模拟和实验数据进行了对比验证。结果表明,该计算公式可以有效预测低温和低压环境下炸药爆炸冲击波参量。环境压力降低,爆炸冲击波峰值超压和爆炸远场（比例距离Z>0.2 m/kg1/3）比冲量减小,冲击波传播速度增大。环境温度降低,冲击波比冲量增大,传播速度降低,峰值超压影响不大。海拔高度在0～9 000 m范围内,每升高1 000 m冲击波峰值超压和爆炸远场比冲量分别平均降低约3.9%和3.2%。海拔升高,爆炸近场冲击波传播速度升高,爆炸远场冲击波传播速度则降低。高海拔环境下低压对冲击波峰值超压和比冲量的影响大于低温,爆炸近场冲击波传播速度取决于低压的影响,爆炸远场冲击波传播速度取决于低温的影响。     

大断面隧道钻爆冲击波的衰减规律

隧道开挖爆破产生的空气冲击波的破坏效应，将会对人员、机具设备与周围环境造成危害。隧道钻孔爆破冲击波的影响因素比裸露药包爆炸更多、更复杂，研究其衰减规律对采取合适的防护措施意义重大。本文中开展了时速350 km双线铁路大断面隧道钻孔爆破空气冲击波的现场测试，分析了不同工况下冲击波传播规律及影响因素。结果表明:钻爆冲击波超压时程曲线存在多个不同幅值的超压波峰，波峰之间具有明显微差延时的短间隔性，传播至远场未形成稳定的单一平面波，与单一药包爆炸冲击波的传播规律存在差异；钻爆冲击波超压信号由多段与微差延时相对应的子信号叠加而成，子信号数量与毫秒延期雷管段数相同，呈现出典型的时域特征；相同爆破条件下，大断面隧道钻爆时的乳化炸药冲击波转化因数小于小断面巷道工况下的；相较于总药量及最大段药量，按掏槽药量计算的超压峰值与实测超压峰值之间的相关性最强，钻爆冲击波最大超压峰值宜按掏槽段炸药TNT当量确定；隧道内大型机械设备等障碍物改变了钻爆冲击波流场的传播规律，呈现较明显的叠加放大效应。     

可压缩空化流动空穴演化及压力脉动特性实验研究

空化流动具有高度的压缩性,空化流动非定常特性及其流体动力与压缩性密切相关.为研究可压缩空化流动空泡脱落的回射流和激波机制下周期性空穴结构演化及其诱导流体动力特性,本文采用多场同步测试方法对典型云状空化流动进行了实验研究,获得了文丘里管扩张段内部云状空化空穴形态演化及其诱导同步壁面压力脉动信号.并基于数字图像处理技术,对附着型片状空穴和脱落型云状空穴结构演化进行了精细化定量分析.结果表明:可压缩空化流动回射流机制下,空穴演化呈现附着型空穴生长$\!$-$\!$-$\!$回射流产生及发展$\!$-$\!$-$\!$附着型空穴失稳断裂及大尺度空泡云团产生脱落的非定常过程,激波机制下空穴演化具有附着型空穴生长$\!$-$\!$-$\!$激波产生及传播$\!$-$\!$-$\!$附着型空穴失稳断裂及大尺度空泡云团脱落的非定常特征,激波传播时间占空穴脱落周期小于回射流推进.激波与空穴相互作用导致空穴内部含气率瞬间大范围大幅度下降,诱导复杂流体动力.激波传播过程中,空泡内部压力脉动大幅增加,激波前缘诱导压力脉冲,而回射流推进过程中,壁面压力脉动相对平稳,回射流头部存在小幅增加. 不同机制下空穴结构存在显著差异,具有不同的相间质量传输过程.      

空气自由场中强爆炸冲击波传播二维数值模拟

编写了适用于模拟具有高密度比、高压力比的强激波问题的二维柱对称多介质流体计算程序。利用有限体积方法求解流体的Euler方程组,采用level set方法捕捉爆炸产物与空气的运动界面,并通过求解物质界面两侧Riemann问题的精确解来计算爆炸产物与空气之间的数值通量。研制了三角形网格自适应技术来实现网格的自动加密和粗化,在保证捕捉激波峰值的前提下有效地提高了计算效率。利用计算程序对1 kt TNT当量的空气自由场强爆炸问题进行数值模拟,计算得到的峰值超压、冲击波到达时间等物理参数与点爆炸理论结果基本一致。     

Impact of the volume of rooms on shock wave propagation within a multi-chamber system

The behavior of a shock wave generated by a hemispherical gaseous charge and propagating within a confined multi-chamber system is analyzed through the evolution of some of the shock parameters (maximum overpressure and positive impulse). The influence of a variation in the volume of the rooms on the pressure history inside the building is also studied. Several small-scale experiments have been carried out using an adjustable model representative of a pyrotechnic workshop. The experimental results show that the pressure histories are very complex. Yet, using a global approach, we were able to link the evolution of the arrival time of the shock wave within the building with the reference obtained in the free field. New parameters were developed to best fit the experimental maximal overpressure in the cells and in the corridor leading to two predictive laws used to estimate the maximal overpressure in the model.     

装药动爆冲击波特性研究

导弹、炮弹等战斗部爆炸时具有一定的速度，较大的运动速度会使爆炸冲击波场分布发生变化，进而对弹药的毁伤威力产生影响。本文中采用AUTODYN软件对速度分别为0、272、340、680、1 020和1 700 m/s的TNT球形裸装药在空气中爆炸的冲击波场进行了仿真计算，定量研究装药在动爆条件下的峰值超压、比冲量和正压作用时间等威力参数特性。结果表明，方位角小于90°时装药速度与冲击波超压、比冲量成正相关，与正压作用时间成负相关；方位角大于90°时装药速度与冲击波超压、比冲量成负相关，与正压作用时间成正相关。超压峰值大小沿方位角成正弦变化。最后，分析了冲击波峰值超压数据，建立了动爆冲击波超压的计算模型，该模型计算结果与仿真和实验结果吻合较好。