Jet and vortex flow induced by anisotropic blast wave: experimental and computational study |
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Authors: | V Svetsov M Popova V Rybakov V Artemiev S Medveduk |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp., 38–6, Moscow, 117979, Russia , RU |
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Abstract: | This paper discusses gas-dynamic aspects of intense explosions in uniform environments. In experiments, the energy of a laser
is almost instantaneously released in a volume of air shaped as either a flattened or stretched cylinder generating a blast
wave. Its shape evolves in time and ultimately becomes spherical. But momentum transferred to the air when the blast wave
is strongly nonspherical is anisotropic. As a result, a subsonic jet and a vortex are induced and propagate along the symmetry
axis or along the perpendicular plane, depending on the initial configuration of the blast wave. Simulations based on a free-Lagrangian
method for a nonviscous gas are in good agreement with the experiments. Velocities, circulation, and positions of fluid particles
found in computations give an insight into the causes and details of the flow. Two simultaneous and contrary processes take
place – vorticity production by the anisotropic shock wave and baroclinical generation of vorticity at the boundary of the
heated gas – which give rise to net circulation.
Received 21 April 1997 / Accepted 27 June 1997 |
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Keywords: | : Explosion Blast waves Laser Jet Vortex |
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