Action of the Coastal 1000‐Ton Surface Explosion on the Environment

Results of experimental investigations of the action of a coastal surface explosion of a 1000ton TNT charge on the environment are presented. Available databases were used, which are generally utilized for predicting ecological consequences of natural and maninduced explosive catastrophes, development of new methods of monitoring and identification of phenomena under consideration, their experimental and mathematical modeling, and testing of the models being developed.     

Drag of nonspherical particles in a flow behind a shock wave

The early stage of velocity relaxation of nonspherical particles in a flow behind an incident shock wave is considered by the method of multiframe shadowgraphy. A procedure of processing the data on the motion of a free body for determining its acceleration is proposed; in combination with the diagnostic method used, the procedure forms something like a noncontact aerodynamic balance. Novel data on the drag of bodies of irregular shape in a flow behind a shock wave with Mach numbers of 0.5–1.5 and Reynolds numbers of 10⁵ typical of dust explosions are obtained. It is found that the values of drag of a nonspherical bluff body and a sphere under these conditions are similar and exceed the drag of a sphere in a steady flow by a factor of 2 to 3.Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 81–88, January–February, 2005.     

尖晶石粒度对高纯刚玉-尖晶石浇注料性能的影响

研究了尖晶石粒度对高纯刚玉 -尖晶石浇注料的抗折强度、抗热震性、抗侵蚀性等性能的影响。实验表明 :(1)随着配料中尖晶石颗粒含量的增加 ,试样的烧后强度呈先升高后降低趋势 (烘后强度变化不明显 ) ,烧后收缩减少 ,然后变为膨胀 ;(2 )尖晶石细粉与颗粒为 1:3的试样抗热震性较好 ;(3)对于高碱度渣 ,尖晶石颗粒加入量较多的试样抗侵蚀性较好 ;(4)对于低碱度渣 ,尖晶石细粉加入量较多的试样抗侵蚀性和抗渗透性均较好。     

Numerical study of the transfer of shock-wave loading to a screened flat wall through a layer of a powdered medium and a subsequent air gap

The two-velocity, two-temperature model with two stresses in a mixture of a gas and solid particles contacting each other is used to numerically study the dynamic effect of an air shock wave incoming onto a solid wall with a screening layer of a porous powdered medium at some distance from the wall. The process is described for the case of one-dimensional planar motion of the gaseous and disperse phases under the assumption of a viscoelastic behavior of the powder skeleton. The effect of stepwise shock waves onto the porous powdered screen is considered. The influence of parameters of the screening layer and the air gap on the dynamics of loading of the screened solid wall is analyzed. __________ Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 132–142, January–February, 2007.     

Mixing in Wave Processes Propagating in Gas Mixtures (Review)

A review is made of uptodate investigations in the field of physicomathematical modeling of mixing of solid particles with highvelocity gas flows arising under the action on shock waves, compression waves, and expansion waves on unstable dust deposits on the boundaries of channels or plates and in cavities, as well as on free clouds of particles. In particular, experiments in shock tubes with particles initially located in cavities and on surfaces are described. The experimental data presented in the form of distributions of particle concentrations at various points of space above the unstable layer, pressure distributions on the lower wall of the shock tube, etc., are used for verification of proposed mathematical models in regimes of single particles, interacting continua, and turbulent diffusion. An analysis of experimental and numerical data shows that the models considered sometimes allow adequate identification of the wave structure of motion of the mixture and the field of parameters inside and outside the layer.     

挡水结构水下爆炸作用的离心模型试验

水下爆炸包括冲击波和气泡脉动,两者能量相当,均会对结构产生毁伤作用。水下爆炸载荷试验唯有在离心机内才满足相似关系,设计试验时宜在离心机负载范围内尽可能增加模型尺寸以减小边界效应。针对挡水结构,在离心机内布置压力传感器、高速摄像机、加速度计及应变片测试了冲击波、气泡脉动载荷及结构产生的动力响应。通过试验对比了水下爆炸和空爆产生的载荷,分析其引起结构动力响应的差异。对于水下爆炸,重力加速度的增加引起气泡脉动冲量的减小,而气泡脉动产生的峰值应变基本与气泡冲量呈线性关系,因而模拟气泡脉动对结构作用时应考虑重力效应。     

Structure of the Reaction Zone of a Steady Detonation Wave in Dinitrodiazapentane

The massvelocity profiles in 2,4dinitro2,4diazapentane samples of different densities were registered by a laser interferometer and the electromagnetic technique. The reaction time was shown to reach 300 nsec and weakly depend on density, while the pressure in the chemical spike can be twice as high as that at the Chapman–Jouguet point. No special features due to diamond formation were observed in the massvelocity profiles registered in the chemical reaction zone.     

Interaction of a shock pulse with a contact discontinuity

Passing of a triangular moderate-intensity pulse through a constant discontinuity is considered. Decay of the shock wave that passed into the second gas is analyzed. Damping of the detonation wave after burnout of the combustible mixture is discussed. __________ Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 102–107, July–August, 2007.     

Processing and characterization of particles reinforced SiOC composites via pyrolysis of polysiloxane with SiC or/and Al fillers

Polysiloxane loaded with SiC as inert filler, and Al as active filler, was pyrolyzed in nitrogen to fabricate SiOC composites, and the processing and properties of the filled SiOC composites were investigated. Adding SiC fillers could reduce the linear shrinkage of filler-free cured polysiloxane in order to obtain monolithic SiC/SiOC composites. The flexural strength of SiC/SiOC composites reached 201.3 MPa at a SiC filler content of 27.6 vol.%. However, SiC/SiOC composites exhibited poor oxidation resistance, thermal shock resistance and high temperature resistance. Al fillers could react with hydrocarbon generated during polysiloxane pyrolysis at 600 °C and N₂ at 800 °C to form Al₄C₃ and AlN, respectively. The volume expansions resulting from these two reactions were in favor of the reduction in linear shrinkage and the improvement in flexural strength of SiC/SiOC composites. The flexural strength of Al-containing SiC/SiOC composites was 1.36 times that of SiC/SiOC composites without Al at an Al filler content of 20 vol.%. The addition of Al fillers remarkably improved the high temperature resistance and oxidation resistance of SiC/SiOC composites, but not thermal shock resistance.     

Dynamic Compressibility of Carbamide at Low Pressures

The shock adiabats of pressed carbamide samples with a density of 1.29 g/cm³ and carbamide samples with a bulk density of 0.78 g/cm³ were studied at pressures of 1–14 GPa using an electromagnetic method. In the coordinates D and U, the shock adiabat of pressed carbamide is linear and the shock adiabat of carbamide of bulk density at a pressure of 2.4 GPa is represented as two linear segments: D = 2U at 0.6 < U <1.3 km/sec and D = 0.6 + 1.55U at 1.3 <U < 2.8 km/sec. The possibility of a phase transition in carbamide under shock compression is discussed.