scholarly journals Experimental Investigation of a Novel Blast Wave Mitigation Device

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 543-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenbi Su ◽  
Wen Peng ◽  
Zhaoyan Zhang ◽  
George Gogos ◽  
Reed Skaggs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Blast Wave ◽  
Hopkinson Bar ◽  
Honeycomb Structure ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Propagation Process ◽  
Piston Cylinder ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

A novel blast wave mitigation device was investigated experimentally in this paper. The device consists of a piston-cylinder assembly. A shock wave is induced within the cylinder when a blast wave impacts on the piston. The shock wave propagates inside the device and is reflected repeatedly. The shock wave propagation process inside the device lengthens the duration of the force on the base of the device to several orders of magnitude of the duration of the blast wave, while it decreases the maximum pressure over an order of magnitude. Two types of experiments were carried out to study the blast wave mitigation device. The first type of experiments was done with honeycomb structures protected by the blast wave mitigation device. Experimental results show that the device can adequately protect the honeycomb structure. A second type of experiments was done using a Hopkinson bar to measure the pressure transmitted through the blast wave mitigation device. The experimental results agree well with results from a theoretical model.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation of a Novel Blast Wave Mitigation Device

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenbi Su ◽  
Zhaoyan Zhang ◽  
George Gogos ◽  
Reed Skaggs ◽  
Bryan Cheeseman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Blast Wave ◽  
Hopkinson Bar ◽  
Honeycomb Structure ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Propagation Process ◽  
Piston Cylinder

A novel blast wave mitigation device was investigated experimentally in this paper. The device consists of a piston-cylinder assembly. A shock wave is induced within the cylinder when a blast wave impacts on the piston. The shock wave propagates inside the device and is reflected repeatedly. The shock wave propagation process inside the device lengthens the duration of the force on the base of the device to several orders of magnitude of the duration of the blast wave, while it decreases the maximum pressure by several orders of magnitude. Two types of experiments were carried out to study the blast wave mitigation device. The first type of experiments was done with honeycomb structures protected by the blast wave mitigation device. Experimental results show that the device can adequately protect the honeycomb structure. A second type of experiments was done using a Hopkinson bar to measure the pressure transmitted through the blast wave mitigation device. The experimental results agree well with results from a theoretical model.

Experimental investigation on the shock-wave load attenuation by geometrical means

Shock Waves ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shachar Berger ◽  
Oren Sadot ◽  
Gabi Ben-Dor
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Wave Load

Numerical Simulation of Shock Wave in Air Based on FCT Method

2013 ◽  
Vol 397-400 ◽  
pp. 270-273
Author(s):  
Ying Li ◽  
Xiao Bin Li ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Wei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Shock Wave ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Numerical Method ◽  
Blast Wave ◽  
Empirical Formula ◽  
Godunov Method ◽  
Numerical Accuracy

Blast wave is numerical simulated based on FCT method. According to the comparative analysis, taking Henrych empirical formula as a standard, FCT method is more accuracy than Godunov method. Moreover, it has been found that the numerical accuracy is insufficient when the distance is small, it is necessary to develop and modify the numerical method continuously.

Study on a Novel MEMS High G Acceleration Sensor

2012 ◽  
Vol 490-495 ◽  
pp. 499-503
Author(s):  
Ping Li ◽  
Yun Bo Shi ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Shi Qiao Gao
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Impact Load ◽  
Hopkinson Bar ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Structure Parameters ◽  
Acceleration Sensor ◽  
Piezoresistive Effect ◽  
Sensor Structure ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents a novel MEMS high g acceleration sensor based on piezoresistive effect. For the designed sensor structure, the formula of stress, natural frequency and damping was derived in theory, and the resonant frequency can up to 500kHz. After the structure parameters were designed, the sensor was fabricated by the standard processing technology, and the sensitivity was tested by Hopkinson bar. According to the experimental results, the sensitivity of the high g acceleration sensor is 0.125μV/g at the impact load of 164,002g.

scholarly journals A Lab-Scale Experiment Approach to the Measurement of Wall Pressure from Near-Field under Water Explosions by a Hopkinson Bar

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiongwei Cui ◽  
Xiongliang Yao ◽  
Yingyu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Underwater Explosion ◽  
Experimental System ◽  
Hopkinson Bar ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Pressure Loading ◽  
Target Plate ◽  
Wave Pressure ◽  
Shock Wave Pressure

Direct measurement of the wall pressure loading subjected to the near-field underwater explosion is of great difficulty. In this article, an improved methodology and a lab-scale experimental system are proposed and manufactured to assess the wall pressure loading. In the methodology, a Hopkinson bar (HPB), used as the sensing element, is inserted through the hole drilled on the target plate and the bar’s end face lies flush with the loaded face of the target plate to detect and record the pressure loading. Furthermore, two improvements have been made on this methodology to measure the wall pressure loading from a near-field underwater explosion. The first one is some waterproof units added to make it suitable for the underwater environment. The second one is a hard rubber cylinder placed at the distal end, and a pair of ropes taped on the HPB is used to pull the HPB against the cylinder hard to ensure the HPB’s end face flushes with loaded face of the target plate during the bubble collapse. To validate the pressure measurement technique based on the HPB, an underwater explosion between two parallelly mounted circular target plates is used as the validating system. Based on the assumption that the shock wave pressure profiles at the two points on the two plates which are symmetrical to each other about the middle plane of symmetry are the same, it was found that the pressure obtained by the HPB was in excellent agreement with pressure transducer measurements, thus validating the proposed technique. To verify the capability of this improved methodology and experimental system, a series of minicharge underwater explosion experiments are conducted. From the recorded pressure-time profiles coupled with the underwater explosion evolution images captured by the HSV camera, the shock wave pressure loading and bubble-jet pressure loadings are captured in detail at 5  mm, 10  mm, …, 30  mm stand-off distances. Part of the pressure loading of the experiment at 35  mm stand-off distance is recorded, which is still of great help and significance for engineers. Especially, the peak pressure of the shock wave is captured.

scholarly journals Betweenness centrality profiles in trees

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 776-794
Author(s):  
Benjamin Fish ◽  
Rahul Kushwaha ◽  
György Turán
Keyword(s):  
Betweenness Centrality ◽  
Shortest Paths ◽  
Random Trees ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Basic Notion ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Scale Free ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Abstract Betweenness centrality of a vertex in a graph measures the fraction of shortest paths going through the vertex. This is a basic notion for determining the importance of a vertex in a network. The $k$-betweenness centrality of a vertex is defined similarly, but only considers shortest paths of length at most $k$. The sequence of $k$-betweenness centralities for all possible values of $k$ forms the betweenness centrality profile of a vertex. We study properties of betweenness centrality profiles in trees. We show that for scale-free random trees, for fixed $k$, the expectation of $k$-betweenness centrality strictly decreases as the index of the vertex increases. We also analyse worst-case properties of profiles in terms of the distance of profiles from being monotone, and the number of times pairs of profiles can cross. This is related to whether $k$-betweenness centrality, for small values of $k$, may be used instead of having to consider all shortest paths. Bounds are given that are optimal in order of magnitude. We also present some experimental results for scale-free random trees.

scholarly journals Study of Ho:YAG Laser Generated Underwater Shock Waves and Cavity Bubble for Revascularization Therapy

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. R. Hosseini ◽  
T. Hirano ◽  
O. Onodera ◽  
K. Takayama
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Underwater Shock Wave ◽  
Ho:Yag Laser ◽  
Direct Laser ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Underwater Shock

Abstract For applying shock waves to precise medical procedures like neurosurgery, a reliable generation of micro shock waves is required. Such sensitive applications make limits on usage of conventional underwater shock wave sources like Extracoporeal Shock Waves ESW [1] or micro explosives [2]. In the present study a Q-switched Ho:YAG laser and an optical fiber are used. Advantages of this method over previous shock wave sources are two order of magnitude reduction in focusing area if compared with ESW and elimination of product gases of micro explosives. Nakahara and Nagayama [3] studied underwater shock waves emanated from surface of an optical fiber by pulse Nd:YAG laser input using shadowgraph technique. Their qualitative study limited to visualization of shock waves at its early stage. The present research aims to clarify quantitatively process of the shock wave generation by direct laser beam irradiation through optical fibers, growth and behavior of generated cavities, and structure of heat induced flow in front of the optical fiber.

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