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Raúl Radovitzky.
Tasissa, Abiy (Abiy Fekadu)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2014-10-08T15:29:54Z
2014-10-08T15:29:54Z
2014
2014
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90799
891583310
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2014.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-73).
Compressed gas driven shock tubes have become popular as a laboratory-scale replacement for field blast tests. The well-known initial structure of the Riemann problem eventually evolves into a shock structure resembling a Friedlander wave. In this thesis, we develop an analytical model to predict its key characteristics: location where the wave first forms, peak over-pressure, decay time and impulse. The approach is based on combining the solutions of the two different types of wave interactions that arise in the shock tube after the family of rarefaction waves in the Riemann solution interacts with the closed end of the tube. The results of the analytical model are verified against numerical simulations obtained with a finite volume method. The model furnishes a rational approach to relate shock tube parameters to desired blast wave characteristics, and thus constitutes a useful tool for the design of shock tubes for blast testing.
by Abiy Tasissa.
S.M.
73 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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