| Abstract: | The problem of diffraction of a cylindrical shock wave generated by an electrical explosion in water on a longitudinal slot in a cylindrical rigid shell is considered. The numerical method of discontinuity breakdown is modified in relation to the polar coordinates used, which simplifies significantly the technical aspect of the solution. In the calculations pressure fields with diffraction maxima and minima are obtained and the evolution of the minima into  ruptures is traced.Donetsk. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 3–8, November–December, 1996. |
