- Author
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Mark, A.
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Opalka, K. O.
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Kitchens, Jr., C. W.
- Title
- Design of Blast Simulators for Nuclear Testing.
- Coporate
- Army Armament Research and Development Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
- Book or Conf
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Asilomar Conference on Fire and Blast Effects of Nuclear Weapons, 17th. May 30-June 3, 1983,
Pacific Grove, CA,
243-248 p.,
1983
- Keywords
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shock tubes
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nuclear explosions
- Abstract
- A quasi-one-dimensional computational technique is used to model the flow of a large, complicated shock tube. The shock tube, or Large Blast Simulator, is used to simulate conventional or nuclear explosions by shaping the pressure history. Results from computations show favorable agreement when compared with data taken in the facility at Gramat, France. Such future shock tubes will include a thermal irradiation capability to better simulate a nuclear event. The computations point to the need for venting of the combustion products since the pressure history will be considerably altered as the shock propagates through these hot gases.