Energy absorbed from reflected shock waves.
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Authors
Matthias, Harold L.
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Kinney, G.F.
Date of Issue
1965
Date
1965
Publisher
Monterey, California: U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
No theory adequately describes the reflection of a finite
amplitude shock wave off a non-rigid surface . The amount of
energy absorbed by the shock reflecting surface was experimentally
determined by the use of decigram charges of high explosive
and photographs of the resulting shock wave. It was
found that a \ inch thick steel plate absorbed 57±10% of the
incident energy. Water, with a seven millimeter height of
burst, absorbs 87±15%. Procedure was checked by finding percentage
difference of energy absorption between steel and water
which came out to be 67±3%. This agrees favorably with the
individual values which indicate a difference of 66±23%.
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Physics
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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