Use of magnetocumulative generators in experiments on current disruption of shaped-charge jets

Results of experiments on disruption of shaped-charge jets by a pulsed current are reported. An industrially produced helical-coaxial magnetocumulative K-80 generator with transformer energy output was used as a source of energy. The operation of the generator in the experiments performed and the effect of the current-pulse parameters on jet disruption and depth of penetration of a shaped-charge jet into a target are discussed. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 30–35, May–June, 1998.     

聚能射流侵彻径向扩孔的可压缩模型

聚能射流侵彻厚靶时,对靶材同时进行轴向和径向挤压进而发生轴向侵彻和径向扩孔。本文中基于聚能射流侵彻可压缩模型并结合Szendrei-Held扩孔方程,推导给出考虑弹/靶材料可压缩性的聚能射流扩孔方程。为简化完整可压缩模型繁琐的计算过程,又基于Murnaghan状态方程给出可压缩模型的近似解。与水中聚能射流扩孔的实验研究对比分析,表明该模型预测优于Szendrei-Held扩孔方程。模型分析表明,射流半径、驻点压力、靶材强度、驻点处靶材密度以及聚能射流速度是影响聚能射流扩孔的主要因素。本文模型可以更准确地预测聚能射流侵彻可压缩性较强的靶材的扩孔情况。相关工作可为含液密闭结构干扰聚能射流侵彻提供理论基础。     

Experimental investigation of fast shaped-charge jets

The effect of various methods for producing a fast shaped-charge jet on the jet velocity is studied. Experimental results allow one to optimize the process of formation of fast shapedcharge jets. Spectra of a copper jet are obtained, and its temperature is determined. It is shown that fast copper shaped-charge jets can be used for quasi-cw lasing. Lavrent’ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 62–67, September–October, 2000.     

Thermal softening of metallic shaped-charge jets formed by the collapse of shaped-charge liners in the presence of a magnetic field

This paper presents an analysis of the possibility of increasing the ultimate stretching and penetration capability of metallic shaped-charge jets in the presence of an axial magnetic field in the shaped-charge liner due to heating and thermal softening of the jet material as a result of a sharp increase in the magnetic-field induction in the jet formation region upon liner collapse. This process is studied by numerical simulation in a quasi-two-dimensional formulation taking into account the inertial stretching of the conductive rigid-plastic rod in the presence of a longitudinal magnetic field in it.     

Behavior of metallic shaped-charge jets with passage of a pulsed electric current through them

The paper reports results of experimental and numerical studies of the disruption of metallic shaped-charge jets by passage of a pulsed electric current through them. Experimental results are presented in the form of x-ray photographs of shaped-charge jets with and without a current and tables of penetration depths in targets. Numerical simulation of the disruption of shaped-charge jets with a current is performed for three possible mechanisms of disruption (development ofMHD instability of shaped-charge jets, volume fracture, and simultaneous development ofMHD instability and volume fracture). Numerical and experimental results are compared. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 19–25, May–June, 2000.     

包覆板材料为陶瓷时平板装药的防护性能

运用口径36mm的精密成型装药实验,研究了等效厚度相同的碳化硅和氧化铝陶瓷平板装药的防护性能,并与包覆材料为钢的平板装药进行了对比。运用LS-DYNA3D软件,对平板装药与聚能装药的作用过程进行了三维数值模拟。实验结果显示,对于此结构的平板装药,碳化硅和氧化铝陶瓷平板装药使聚能装药侵彻能力分别下降了88%和82%,优于钢板的防护性能。数值模拟结果显示,陶瓷包覆板从边缘至中心依次出现断裂和粉碎现象,钢板与射流后部作用为断续干扰,而陶瓷板为连续干扰。     

Effect of initial heating of the jet-forming layer of shaped-charge liners on the ultimate elongation of jet elements

The functional dependence of the coefficient of ultimate elongation on the temperature of initial heating of the jet-forming layer of shaped-charge liners is obtained. It is established that heating of the shaped-charge liner material before initiation increases the ultimate elongation and, hence, the effectiveness of penetration of plastically fractured, high-gradient, shaped-charge jets.     

Regularities of the stretching and plastic failure of metal shaped-charge jets

The results of physicomathematical modeling obtained within the framework of continuum mechanics by numerical solution of the two-dimensional axisymmetric nonstationary problem of the dynamic deformation of a compressed elastoplastic bar of variable section are presented. Dependences of the quantitative characteristics of stretching and breakup of a shaped-charge jet (the coefficients of ultimate and inertial elongation and the number of individual elements formed in breakup) on the jet parameters and the jet material properties are revealed by calculations. The calculated dependences are compared with experimental data for plastically failing jets of copper and niobium, and the character of the dependences is explained from the physical viewpoint. Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow 107005. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 25–35, July–August, 1999.     

Interaction of a shaped-charge jet with a target possessing an axial orifice

Interaction of a shaped-charge jet with a target possessing an axial orifice is studied experimentally. For an orifice diameter approximately equal to 0.2D, where D is the shaped-charge diameter, the shaped-charge penetration depth is found to be substantially reduced owing to deviation of the shaped-charge jet axis from the shaped charge axis because of imperfections of the manufacturing technology. A diameter of the target orifice providing unconstrained penetration of the shaped-charge jet is determined. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 13–16, November–December, 2008.     

Specific features of interaction of a shaped-charge jet with a target

Coaxial interaction of a copper shaped-charge jet with a thin tungsten rod is considered. A theoretical model of spraying of the shaped-charge jet on the rod and results of experiments performed are presented. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 24–26, September–October, 2008.     

微型射流涡流器对湍流边界层控制的数值研究

运用数值方法,模拟出展向分布的同向倾斜微型射流列与平板湍流边界层相互作用形成流向涡列的流场结构,验证了利用其来对湍流边界层进行控制的可能性.随射流间距减小,流向涡列控制作用流向渗透能力增强,但作用区域减小;随射流速度提高,流向涡列控制作用增强,但过大的射流速度反而会导致流向涡列在局部区域内控制作用的下降;随射流俯仰角减小、倾斜角增大,流向涡列初始控制作用增强,但过小的俯仰角、过大的倾斜角会导致流向涡列流向控制区域明显缩小.要保证流向涡列具有较强的湍流边界层控制作用,必须通过合理配置射流列各主要参数,在保证各流向涡具有一定强度的同时,还要确保各流向涡在形成时部分嵌入边界层内部.     

Investigation of flows induced by subsonic turbulent jets and their relation with the effect of static pressure reduction in a jet

The interaction between turbulent jets, both swirling and nonswirling, and the ambient medium is studied on the basis of the results of measurements and numerical simulation. It is shown that the turbulent flow and the swirl give rise to induced ejection flow toward the jet. The mechanism of the jet action on the ambient medium is connected with a decrease in the static pressure in the jet, which, in turn, is due to either the flow swirl or the fluctuating flow in the mixing layer, when the static pressure reduces owing to the presence of velocity fluctuations. The former rarefaction mechanism is predominant in swirling jets and the latter predominates in jets without swirling. It is shown that the ambient medium inflow into the jet due to the rarefaction is independent in nature of the mechanism of the lowered pressure generation and that it is the kinetic energy of the jet that is the energy source for the induced flow.     

Cutoff of a shaped-charge jet

The process of cutoff of low-velocity areas of a shaped-charge jet with the help of a reverse-action shaped charge adjacent to the base of the shaped charge and having an axial channel where the shaped-charge jet passes is considered. The operation of the cutoff device and the shaped charge is synchronized by choosing an appropriate thickness and material of the cutoff device liner. An engineering method for synchronization of operation of the cutoff device and the shaped charge is proposed. Recommendations on choosing the cutoff device are given for a particular case of practical interest.     

Rebounding of a shaped-charge jet

The phenomenon of rebounding of a shaped-charge jet from the armour surface with small angles between the jet axis and the target surface is considered. Rebounding angles as a function of jet velocity are obtained in experiments for a copper shaped-charge jet. An engineering calculation technique is developed. The results calculated with the use of this technique are in reasonable agreement with experimental data. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 17–20, September–October, 2007.     

拉断后射流对钢靶的随机侵彻

聚能破甲弹的金属射流断裂后发生径向随机发散,导致破甲深度显著下降。本文分析了径向随机发散的规律,得出描述拉断后射流对钢靶随机侵彻深度的一阶非线性常微分方程,并给出了大炸高条件下的简化解。     

Development of the Strategy of Active Control of Instability Waves in Unexcited Turbulent Jets

The possibility of controlling instability waves in the mixing layer of a subsonic unexcited jet is studied. These waves can be noise sources in both free jets and jets as parts of configurations. In the study the method of experimental diagnostics of the instability waves in the near field of a jet using an azimuthal multimicrophone array is realized. The data on the near field fluctuations are used for testing the control strategy proposed by the authors. The strategy consists in narrowband sliding filtration of the original signal and the formation of a narrowband controlling action on the basis of the linear principle of signal superposition. The results of the study represent the next step toward the realization of an active control system suppressing natural instability waves in turbulent jets.     

A numerical and experimental investigation of the interactions between a non‐uniform planar array of incompressible free jets

The interaction between multiple incompressible air jets has been studied numerically and experimentally. The numerical predictions have been first validated using experimental data for a single jet configuration. The spreading features of five unequal jets in the configuration of one larger central jet surrounded by four smaller equi‐distant jets, have been studied, for different lateral spacing ratios of 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 and a central jet Reynolds number of 1.24×105 (corresponding to a Mach number of 0.16). Flow of five equal jets has also been simulated, for the sake of comparison. The jet interactions commence at an axial distance of about 3–4 diameters and complete by an axial distance of about 10 diameters for the lowest spacing ratio of 1.5. For larger spacing ratios, the length required for the start and completion of jet interaction increase. Peripheral jets bend more towards the central jet and merge at a smaller distance, when their sizes are smaller than that of the central jet. The entrainment ratio for multiple jets is higher than that for a single jet. Excellent agreement is observed between the experimental data and theoretical predictions for both mean flow field and turbulent quantities, at regions away from the jet inlet. The potential core length and initial jet development, however, are not predicted very accurately due to differences in the assumed and actual velocity profiles at the jet inlet. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

金属射流失稳断裂的理论分析

基于Hamilton原理,提出一个包含射流强度、剪切、应变率效应、动力学黏性、表面张力和速度梯度等多因素耦合的金属射流拉伸运动方程,具体分析了各种失稳因素,并由数值解定量给出其影响大小,以及最不稳定波长与初始应变率乘积\lambda_{m}\dot{\varepsilon}_{0} 值的变化范围;给出了射流断裂的时间判据和近似理论公式,计算得到的 t_{b}-\dot{\varepsilon}_{0}曲线与射流实验点、Chou\&Carleone拟合公式三者符合较好.      

水下超音速气体射流胀鼓和回击的关联性研究

阐述了水下超音速气体射流的实验研究结果. 用高速摄影仪实时记录了水下超音速气体射流喷射的状态, 清晰地演示了射流气体在上中游流域的演化过程. 具体分析了水下高速气体射流的动态不稳定性形貌, 并从实时记录的射流照片中统计测量出了胀鼓和回击随机频率.结果发现, 胀鼓频率越大, 回击频率越大; 胀鼓频率随着喷嘴的驻室压力与出口背压的比值增大而增大. 通过胀鼓与回击事件前后实验数据的对比分析表明其二者之间存在相关性: 胀鼓和回击均由射流内部压力振荡引发并且存在一定的随机性; 胀鼓是回击前的能量积聚一个前征和表现, 当胀鼓的振荡即能量积聚到一定程度后, 引发回击.      

On the problem of controlling the efficiency of action of shaped-charge jets

It is suggested that noncontact action of a magnetic field on shaped-charge jet elements be used to decrease the penetration depth. A decrease in the depth is attained. A physicomathematical model for the process is constructed that allows one to optimize performance of devices used to realize the action of an external magnetic field. Lykov Academic Scientific Complex “Institute of Heat and Mass Exchange,” Minsk 220072. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 36–43, May–June, 1998.