Effect of an impinging shock wave on a partially opened door

The behavior of an aluminum door hanging at the exit of an open shock tube at different angles, from 5 $^\circ $ to 85 $^\circ $ , and thereby providing partially open space for the exiting flow, was investigated experimentally. Experiments were conducted with an incident shock wave Mach number of $M_\mathrm{is}=1.1$ impinging on the partially opened door. Both pressure measurements in the vicinity of the door, on its center and inside the shock tube, and schlieren visualization were undertaken for studying the door movement and its maximum opening angle relative to its initial position. It was found that for an initial opening angle smaller than 25 $^\circ $ the door opened completely while for larger angles its motion is marginal. In addition, for an initial door opening angle of about 10 $^\circ $ the lowest pressures were recorded inside the shock tube behind the evolving waves after exiting of the incident shock wave. The present experimental results may be useful to numerical studies of fluid–structure interactions, e.g., in designing safety valves in jet engines. Such a device is needed for preventing rupture in the case when a sudden overpressure pulse is generated inside the aircraft engine compartment.     

Evolution of blast wave profiles in simulated air blasts: experiment and computational modeling

Shock tubes have been extensively used in the study of blast traumatic brain injury due to increased incidence of blast-induced neurotrauma in Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. One of the important aspects in these studies is how to best replicate the field conditions in the laboratory which relies on reproducing blast wave profiles. Evolution of the blast wave profiles along the length of the compression-driven air shock tube is studied using experiments and numerical simulations with emphasis on the shape and magnitude of pressure time profiles. In order to measure dynamic pressures of the blast, a series of sensors are mounted on a cylindrical specimen normal to the flow direction. Our results indicate that the blast wave loading is significantly different for locations inside and outside of the shock tube. Pressure profiles inside the shock tube follow the Friedlander waveform fairly well. Upon approaching exit of the shock tube, an expansion wave released from the shock tube edges significantly degrades the pressure profiles. For tests outside the shock tube, peak pressure and total impulse reduce drastically as we move away from the exit and majority of loading is in the form of subsonic jet wind. In addition, the planarity of the blast wave degrades as blast wave evolves three dimensionally. Numerical results visually and quantitatively confirm the presence of vortices, jet wind and three-dimensional expansion of the planar blast wave near the exit. Pressure profiles at 90° orientation show flow separation. When cylinder is placed inside, this flow separation is not sustained, but when placed outside the shock tube this flow separation is sustained which causes tensile loading on the sides of the cylinder. Friedlander waves formed due to field explosives in the intermediate-to far-field ranges are replicated in a narrow test region located deep inside the shock tube.     

矩形凹槽管道中激波传播的数值研究

基于二维Euler方程,结合五阶加权基本无振荡(weighted essentially nonoscillatory,WENO)格式以及自适应网格加密(adaptive mesh refinement,AMR)技术对入射激波在矩形凹槽管道内传播过程进行了数值模拟。数值结果清晰地显示了入射激波传播过程中与多个矩形凹槽作用以及在凹槽内变化的整个过程,且与已有的实验结果吻合较好。另外,结果还揭示了入射激波与单个凹槽作用时,会发生绕射产生膨胀波,还会发生碰撞从而诱导反射激波。膨胀波会导致入射激波压力降低,而反射激波则导致其升高,但膨胀波的影响占主导作用,因而入射激波波阵面强度出现振荡下降。     

长管强约束条件下压装PBX炸药点火实验研究

为探究压装炸药PBX-A在较强约束条件下、在药柱一端使用点火药引燃后能否发生燃烧转爆轰,在传统DDT管的基础上重新设计了特定位置约束增强的厚壁钢柱壳管实验装置,利用多路PDV诊断技术,配套高速摄影记录对点火药引燃炸药实验过程中的柱壳膨胀、断裂特性等实验现象进行了全过程连续监测。对比由爆轰驱动的相同装药条件下实验现象及对应过程物理状态的区别,发现:爆轰实验和点火实验 的总反应时间历程存在数量级的差别;柱壳上各个测点速度历程反映出装置内部炸药反应引起的压力增长历程特征,以及炸药反应的传播过程均存在明显差异。分析表明,在较强约束条件下,典型压装炸药PBX-A在一端使用点火药引燃后的反应行为实际是以高温、高压反应产物沿装药缝隙对流,炸药表面的层流燃烧及其伴随的结构响应行为为主要表现形态;从反应压力水平及其增长的时间历程来看,炸药基体中没有形成冲击波,因而无法实现从冲击到爆轰的转变。     

多级穿廊结构坑道口部内爆炸冲击波传播规律的实验研究

对坑道口部的内爆炸效应进行了系统的实验研究,探讨了端部不同开闭工况下多级穿廊结构内的冲击波传播规律、作用在防护门上的荷载规律及门后次生冲击波的发展与变化规律,给出了多级穿廊结构坑道内各分段之间冲击波超压衰减变化的量值关系.实验结果表明,多级穿廊结构不仅能显著衰减冲击波峰值压力,而且与单一的直坑道相比,在同样的冲击波衰减...     

Shock wave attenuation by grids and orifice plates

The interaction of weak shock waves with porous barriers of different geometries and porosities is examined. Installing a barrier inside the shock tube test section will cause the development of the following wave pattern upon a head-on collision between the incident shock wave and the barrier: a reflected shock from the barrier and a transmitted shock propagating towards the shock tube end wall. Once the transmitted shock wave reaches the end wall it is reflected back towards the barrier. This is the beginning of multiple reflections between the barrier and the end wall. This full cycle of shock reflections/interactions resulting from the incident shock wave collision with the barrier can be studied in a single shock tube test. A one-dimensional (1D), inviscid flow model was proposed for simulating the flow resulting from the initial collision of the incident shock wave with the barrier. Fairly good agreement is found between experimental findings and simulations based on a 1D flow model. Based on obtained numerical and experimental findings an optimal design procedure for shock wave attenuator is suggested. The suggested attenuator may ensure the safety of the shelter’s ventilation systems.     

Experimental study of toroidal shock wave focusing in a compact vertical annular diaphragmless shock tube

The paper reports results of experiments regarding toroidal shock wave focusing in a vertical shock tube as a part of a series of converging shock wave studies. This compact vertical shock tube was designed to achieve a high degree of reproducibility with minimum shock formation distance by adopting a diaphragmless operating system. The shock tube was manufactured in the Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University. An aspheric lens shaped cylindrical test section was connected at the open end of the shock tube to visualize the diffraction and focusing of the toroidal shock wave released from the ring shaped shock tube opening. Pressure transducers were flush mounted on the shock tube’s test section to measure pressure histories at the converging test section. Double exposure holographic interferometry was employed to quantitatively visualize the shock waves. The whole sequence of toroidal shock wave diffraction, focusing, and its reflection from the symmetrical axis were successfully studied. The transition of reflected shock waves was observed.     

平面激波冲击并排液滴的三维数值模拟研究

采用三维守恒清晰界面数值方法, 研究平面激波冲击并排液滴的动力学过程. 研究的焦点在于激波接触液滴后的复杂波系结构生成, 以及并排液滴相互耦合作用诱导的单个液滴非对称界面演化. 首先, 分析并排液滴之间界面通道内的波系结构发展, 发现在冲击初期由于反射激波相交而形成新的反射激波以及马赫杆; 这些流动现象与液滴另外一侧 (非通道侧) 由激波反射所形成的弯曲波阵面截然不同, 而且所导致的液滴横向两侧流场差异是中后期冲击过程液滴两侧界面非对称演化的主要原因. 其次, 研究冲击中期时, 特别是入射激波已运动至液滴下游并远离并排液滴, 界面形态的演化过程和规律, 揭示通道下游出口处由于气流膨胀导致的界面闭合、以及随后气流阻塞导致的界面破碎等新的流动现象. 最后, 研究液滴间距对并排液滴相互作用的影响规律, 发现液滴间距大小与通道内压力峰值具有明显的关联关系. 研究表明, 更小的液滴间距不仅带来更大的压力峰值, 而且使得峰值出现的时间更早.      

Dense particle cloud dispersion by a shock wave

A dense particle flow is generated by the interaction of a shock wave with an initially stationary packed granular bed. High-speed particle dispersion research is motivated by the energy release enhancement of explosives containing solid particles. The initial packed granular bed is produced by compressing loose powder into a wafer with a particle volume fraction of $\phi _\mathrm{p} = 0.48$ . The wafer is positioned inside the shock tube, uniformly filling the entire cross-section. This results in a clean experiment where no flow obstructing support structures are present. Through high-speed shadowgraph imaging and pressure measurements along the length of the channel, detailed information about the particle shock interaction was obtained. Due to the limited strength of the incident shock wave, no transmitted shock wave is produced. The initial solid-like response of the particle wafer acceleration forms a series of compression waves that eventually coalesce to form a shock wave. Breakup is initiated along the periphery of the wafer as the result of shear that forms due to the fixed boundary condition. Particle breakup is initiated by local failure sites that result in the formation of particle jets that extend ahead of the accelerating, largely intact, wafer core. In a circular tube, the failure sites are uniformly distributed along the wafer circumference. In a square channel, the failure sites, and the subsequent particle jets, initially form at the corners due to the enhanced shear. The wafer breakup subsequently spreads to the edges forming a highly non-uniform particle cloud.     

Characteristics of an annular vertical diaphragmless shock tube

Abstract. This paper reports on the characteristics of a compact vertical diaphragmless shock tube, which was constructed and tested in the Shock Wave Research Center to study experimentally the behavior of toroidal shock waves. It is 1.15 m in height and has a self-sustained co-axial vertical structure consisting of a 100 mm i.d. outer tube and an 80 mm o.d. inner tube. To create a ring shaped shock wave between the inner and outer tubes, a rubber sheet is inserted to separate a high pressure driver gas from a test gas, which is bulged with auxiliary high pressure helium from the behind. When the rubber membrane is contracted by the sudden release of the auxiliary gas so as to break the seal, shock waves are formed. Special design features of the shock tube are described and their role in producing repeatable shock waves is discussed. Its special opening characteristics make possible the production of annular shaped shock waves that are unlikely met with a conventional tube that uses rupturing diaphragms. Performance of the shock tube is evaluated in terms of the shock wave Mach numbers and the measured flow properties. It eventually showed a higher degree of repeatability and the scatter in the shock wave Mach numbers Ms was found to be 0.2% for Ms ranging from 1.1 to 1.8. The shock wave Mach number so far measured agreed very well with the simple shock tube theory. Received 3 February 1999 / Accepted 6 April 2000     

自由活塞压缩管ALE方法数值模拟

当前国际上实现高焓气体流动的实验手段之一是自由活塞驱动类脉冲设备,包括自由活塞激波风洞和自由活塞膨胀管.采用自由活塞压缩管作为激波风洞和膨胀管的驱动段时,其驱动能力在很大程度上决定了该类设备的性能.本文采用计算流体力学中任意拉格朗日——欧拉方法(arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian)数值模拟了压缩管内部的自由活塞运动和气体流动特征.采用移动网格技术来适应活塞运动边界,耦合求解网格运动和气体流动过程,并通过双时间步长方法进行流体运动的时间积分.为了满足几何守恒律(geometric conservation law),对移动网格的法向矢量和表面面积计算进行了修正.不同时刻的活塞位置试验测量结果及欧拉方法预测结果,以及基于简单波理论获得的运动活塞底部气体压力、活塞速度与活塞位置都与当前的ALE方法十分一致.该工作为下一步数值模拟自由活塞激波风洞和自由活塞膨胀管中包括压缩管、激波管和喷管等不同部位的耦合流动提供了基础.      

Flow visualization of shock/water column interactions

The breakup of a liquid droplet induced by a high speed gas stream is a typical multiphase flow problem. The shock/droplet interaction is the beginning stage of the droplet breakup. Therefore, investigation of the shock/droplet interactions would be a milestone for interpreting the mechanism of the droplet breakup. In this study, a compressible multiphase solver with a five-equation model is successfully developed to study shock/water column interactions. For code validation, interface-only, gas–gas shock tube, and gas–liquid shock tube problems are first computed. Subsequently, a planar shock wave interacting with a water column is simulated. The transmitted wave and the alternative appearances of local high- and low-pressure regions inside the water column are observed clearly. Finally, a planar shock wave interacting with two water columns is investigated. In this work, both horizontal and vertical arrangements of two water columns are studied. It is found that different arrangements can result in the diversity of the interacting process. The complex flow structures generated by shock/water column interactions are presented by flow-visualization techniques.      

Numerical investigation of inviscid shock wave dynamics in an expansion tube

Highly complicated shock wave dynamics has been numerically calculated by solving the Euler equations for a circular shock tube suddenly expanded three times of the original tube diameter atx=0. Shock waves of different shock Mach number,M _s =1.5 and 2.0, have produced remarkably distinct blast jet structures. A planar shock wave took its final form after the blast by repeated Mach reflections of the blast wave: the first one at the wall and the second one at the central axis. The central Mach disc overtook and merged with the annular Mach stem before the planar shock wave was formed. In contrast to the blast wave which would propagate spherically in an open space, the present blast wave undergoes complex morphological transformation in the restricted flow passage, resulting in an unstable and oscillatory blast jet structure of highly rotational nature. The slipstream tube emanating from the shock tube exit corner decomposed into a chain of small vortex rings that interacted with the barrel shock of the jet, which caused periodic collapse of the jet structure. The finite volume-FCT formulation equipped with the time-dependenth-refinement adaptive unstructured triangular mesh technique in the present paper has contributed to resolution of the intricate physical discontinuities developing in the blast flow fields.     

Shock tube study of the dynamical behavior of granular materials

The purpose of the present study is to clarify both the compression phenomenon and the gas filtration effect that take place inside a granular medium when it is dynamically loaded by a shock wave. In order to measure the pore pressure and the total stress at different locations along the granular medium, pressure transducers were placed along the side-wall and at the end-wall of the shock tube test section, which was filled with the granular material. In order to elucidate the gas filtration effect, the results of two experiments with identical granular media but with and without filtration were compared. The gas filtration was eliminated by means of a thin plastic film, which was placed at the front edge of the granular medium. Based on this comparison quantitative information on the gas filtration and its role in the stress formation inside granular media of different material and length was obtained. Furthermore, curves of the dynamic compression and the Young moduli of the granular medium for the range of the operating conditions were reconstructed.     

A shock tube research facility for high-resolution measurements of compressible turbulence

A new shock tube facility with a 30.5 cm (1 ft) inside diameter is currently in operation that allows for high-spatial-resolution measurements of compressible turbulence. Small scales of turbulence behave very differently from large scales when they interact with shock or expansion waves. Highly resolved measurements can provide new information on the interaction at small scales. Another notable characteristic of the present facility is the ability to control the flow velocity behind the reflected shock through the porosity of the reflecting wall. Tests showed good flow quality with sufficiently long observation times. Measurements of piecewise average skin friction over short segments of the tube indicated strong viscous effects very close to the diaphragm where the shock is developing. The skin friction and the shock propagation speed virtually remained constant inside the working section of the shock tube in all investigated flow cases, even in low Mach number cases where viscous effects are stronger. The experimental results are compared with numerical simulations, including the effects of the reflecting porous wall and viscous effects.     

A computational study of shock speeds in high-performance shock tubes

This paper describes U2DE, a finite-volume code that numerically solves the Euler equations. The code was used to perform multi-dimensional simulations of the gradual opening of a primary diaphragm in a shock tube. From the simulations, the speed of the developing shock wave was recorded and compared with other estimates. The ability of U2DE to compute shock speed was confirmed by comparing numerical results with the analytic solution for an ideal shock tube. For high initial pressure ratios across the diaphragm, previous experiments have shown that the measured shock speed can exceed the shock speed predicted by one-dimensional models. The shock speeds computed with the present multi-dimensional simulation were higher than those estimated by previous one-dimensional models and, thus, were closer to the experimental measurements. This indicates that multi-dimensional flow effects were partly responsible for the relatively high shock speeds measured in the experiments. Received 15 November 1996 / Accepted 3 February 1997     

Diaphragm opening effects on shock wave formation and acceleration in a rectangular cross section channel

Shock wave formation and acceleration in a high-aspect ratio cross section shock tube were studied experimentally and numerically. The relative importance of geometric effects and diaphragm opening time on shock formation are assessed. The diaphragm opening time was controlled through the use of slit-type (fast opening time) and petal-type (slow opening time) diaphragms. A novel method of fabricating the petal-type diaphragms, which results in a consistent burst pressure and symmetric opening without fragmentation, is presented. High-speed schlieren photography was used to visualize the unsteady propagation of the lead shock wave and trailing gas dynamic structures. Surface-mounted pressure sensors were used to capture the spatial and temporal development of the pressure field. Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes simulation predictions using the shear-stress-transport turbulence model are compared to the experimental data. Simulation results are used to explain the presence of high-frequency pressure oscillations observed experimentally in the driver section as well as the cause of the initial acceleration and subsequent rapid decay of shock velocity measured along the top and bottom channel surfaces. A one-dimensional theoretical model predicting the effect of the finite opening time of the diaphragm on the rate of driver depressurization and shock acceleration is proposed. The model removes the large amount of empiricism that accompanies existing models published in the literature. Model accuracy is assessed through comparisons with experiments and simulations. Limitations of and potential improvements in the model are discussed.     

激波喷出过程和在林带中的传播

运用激波管技术研究了激波从管口喷出和在林带中传播这两个基本问题。给出了三方面的结果 :揭示了激波从管口喷出时的复杂流场 ,显示了主激波弯曲和衰减 ,二次激波的形成和合拢 ,涡环的长大和发展 ,以及涡环前缘出现正激波等基本物理现象 ;显示了激波在林带中的传播过程 ,取得了激波遇林地的反射 ,马赫杆形成 ,激波与林冠的相遇 ,林冠对涡环的阻滞效应等纹影照片 ;沿激波在林地的传播方向测量了地面压力 ,证实林带有明显的消波效应。     

双驱动激波管稀疏波破膜技术研究

本文介绍了在双驱动激波管中运用稀疏波破膜的技术。在以压缩空气和氮气作实验气体的情形下,实验研究了中间段长度、稀疏波强度及中间段B膜的破膜压力（压差）对第二激波追韩第一激波的影响。实验结果表明：中间段的长短,显著地制约着前后两道激波的间隔;稀疏波强度及中间段B膜的破膜压力对稀疏波破膜时间及第二激小对反射稀疏波的追赶有重要影响。