Conference Papers
This paper presents the results of a study on the blast effects generated by bursting vessels. The properties of the shock wave and the associated flow field have been determined by solving the non-steady, non-linear, one-dimensional equations numerically by means of the total variation diminishing (TVD) scheme proposed by Harten. The resulting blast curves are, in general, in agreement with Strehlow’s at short standoff distances. However, higher values of shock overpressure and impulse at long standoffs were obtained due to the employment of the high resolution shock capturing scheme. Included in the paper are some important parameters, such as negative pressure and impulse, arrival time of the shock front, durations of positive and negative phases, and flow velocity, which have not been published. A parametric study is presented to demonstrate the importance of the ratio of specific heats and initial temperature on blast predictions.
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