Ebook: Shock Waves: Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Held at Sendai, Japan 21–26 July 1991

Shock wave research covers important inderdisciplinary areas which range from basic topics on gasdynamics, combustion and detonation, physico-chemistry of high temperature gases, plasma physics, astro and geophysics, materials science, astronautics and space technology to medical and industrial applications. This book includes 202 papers presented at the 18th the International Symposium on Shock Waves which describe the research frontier of shock wave phenopmena and 14 plenary lectures which show the state of the art of various fields of shock wave research. This proceedings is a unique collection of most important and updated shock wave research.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Shock tube application: High enthalpy European wind tunnels....Pages 3-16
Research issues of concern: Scientific and medical....Pages 17-18
Vorticity in shock-accelerated density-stratified interfaces: Deposition and “intermediate” time evolution of coherent structures....Pages 19-28
Modern shock-capturing schemes....Pages 29-40
Effects of focused shock waves on biological tissues: Cavitation in the prefocal region and the fluid flow in the focal region....Pages 41-48
Shock tube studies of combustion chemistry....Pages 49-60
Studies in shock waves, liquid impact, jets and cavitation....Pages 61-72
The shock tube technique applied to study aerosol rate processes....Pages 73-82
Shock-interface interaction: Current research on the Richtmyer-Meshkov problem....Pages 83-94
Wave problems in high-speed railway tunnels....Pages 95-102
The use of high velocity launchers for scientific and engineering studies....Pages 103-111
Mach reflection research - paradox and progress....Pages 113-120
Phase changes in solids during shock loading and unloading....Pages 121-128
Explosive volcanism in Japan and the United States: Gaining an understanding by shock tube experiments....Pages 129-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Vorticity produced by shock wave diffraction....Pages 143-150
Simulation of shock and vortex interactions....Pages 151-157
Shock interactions with a dense-gas wall layer....Pages 159-166
Formation of shock waves in transient base flow....Pages 167-172
Nonstationary interaction of strongly radiating ionizing shock wave with a thermal layer....Pages 173-176
Interaction of blast waves from a pair of exploding wires....Pages 177-180
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
High pressure treatment of iron by conically converging shock waves in a cylindrical capsule....Pages 181-186
Dynamics and structure of pressure jumps in non-Riemann gas dynamics....Pages 187-188
Discrepancies between theory and experiment for shock reflection....Pages 189-192
Shock wave loading on a rubber rod: Experimental investigation....Pages 193-196
Shock wave attenuation in channels with perforated walls....Pages 197-202
Oscillations of circular shock waves with upstream disturbance....Pages 203-208
Three dimensional flow structure behind a shock wave discharged from a rectangular cross section shock tube....Pages 209-212
A code-based study of the pseudo-steady shock reflection process....Pages 213-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Single-Mach and double-Mach reflection — its representation in Ernst Mach’s historical soot method....Pages 221-226
Observations of the initial stages of the Mach reflection process....Pages 227-232
Repeated Mach reflections in curved converging contractions....Pages 233-238
Unsteady behavior of Mach reflection over a particulate layer....Pages 239-244
Shock diffraction over a flat plate....Pages 245-250
Three-dimensional diffraction of shock wave....Pages 251-254
Diffraction of weak shock waves by barriers....Pages 255-260
Bifurcation of a reflected shock wave in a shock tube....Pages 261-266
Nonstationary reflection of dispersed waves in carbon dioxide....Pages 267-272
The propagation and stability of converging cylindrical shocks in narrow cylindrical chambers....Pages 273-278
The enhancement of shock wave loads by means of porous media....Pages 279-282
Anomalous refraction of shock waves....Pages 283-286
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Control of pressure distribution in shock generators with elliptic and parabolic cross-sections....Pages 287-291
Formation of the shock reflection on a wedge....Pages 293-298
Shock dynamic description of reflected shock waves....Pages 299-304
A method to reduce the pressure wave intensity caused by a shock wave radiated from a duct....Pages 305-312
Rayleigh-Taylor instability generated by rarefaction waves: Comparison with Richtmyer-Meshkov instability....Pages 313-318
Experimental investigation of Richtmyer-Meshkov turbulent mixing in shock tube....Pages 319-324
Richtmyer-Meshkov instability of shocked gaseous interfaces....Pages 325-330
X-ray densitometry of shock-excited Richtmyer-Meshkov instability at an air-xenon interface....Pages 331-336
Shock dynamics method for focusing of reflected blast waves....Pages 337-340
Focusing of shock waves reflected from an axisymmetrically parabolic wall....Pages 341-345
Experimental and numerical studies of blast wave focusing in water....Pages 347-350
The possibility of shock wave focusing to a pre-set space region with the elements of diffraction quasioptics....Pages 351-353
Irregular interaction of two shock waves....Pages 355-358
Turbulent mixing induced by Richtmyer-Meshkov instability....Pages 359-360
Study of the second type instability of shock heated Xe-plasma in the flow behind shock front....Pages 361-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Explosive shock synthesis of polycrystalline diamond powders....Pages 367-372
Shock wave processes in porous elastoplastic materials....Pages 373-379
Nonlinear wave propagation and shock wave formation in quasi-brittle materials....Pages 381-386
X-ray diffraction line broadening Fourier analysis of a dynamic loaded metal matrix composite obtained by liquid infiltration....Pages 387-392
Sub-nanosecond X-ray diffraction from laser-shocked crystals....Pages 393-398
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Planetary fluids at high shock pressures and temperatures....Pages 399-402
Shock metamorphism in artificial impact craters....Pages 403-407
Computation of the collision of a large asteroid with the primordial earth....Pages 409-414
Computer studies of the dynamic strength of ceramics....Pages 415-422
Shock-induced conductivity waves at metal-metal, metal-semiconductor transitions and in high porous nickel foam....Pages 423-427
On the modeling of reactive shock synthesis of materials....Pages 429-434
Surface phenomena of shock-loaded metallic samples....Pages 435-440
Hugoniot-measurement study of the stabilized zirconia single crystal....Pages 441-445
Hugoniots of eight meteorites....Pages 447-452
Gr?neisen equation of state for solids and solution of the Riemann problem....Pages 453-458
Shock wave codes at Sandia National Laboratories....Pages 459-462
Explosive powder compaction with a water pressure medium....Pages 463-468
Equation of state of H2O under ultra-high pressure....Pages 469-472
Front Matter....Pages 473-473
Condensation and evaporation relaxation induced by non-linear waves....Pages 475-480
Propagation of a reactive wave in a bubbly liquid....Pages 481-484
Comparative measurements of film condensation on the side and end walls of a shock tube....Pages 485-490
Shock tube study of the drag coefficient of a sphere in a nonstationary flow....Pages 491-497
Shock interaction with a dust layer....Pages 499-504
Shock compression of a polyvinylchloride based elastomer and polyvinylchloride....Pages 505-510
Gas dynamic and physical behaviour of compressible porous foams struck by a weak shock wave....Pages 511-516
Front Matter....Pages 473-473
Three-dimensional effects in the study of shock wave loading of porous compressible foams....Pages 517-520
Numerical investigation of dusty gas shock wave propagation along a variable cross-section channel....Pages 521-526
Gun propellant break-up effects on transient combustion processes....Pages 527-534
Wave dynamics of bubbly liquids mathematical models and numerical simulation....Pages 535-540
Convergence of pressure wave in a liquid....Pages 541-546
Shock wave reflection in a gas-vapor mixture with condensation....Pages 547-552
Enhanced mixing from shock-generated turbulence in dusty air....Pages 553-558
Interaction of two bubbles near a free surface....Pages 559-562
Numerical simulation of shock wave interaction with powder layers....Pages 563-568
Moderate shock wave propagation in a vapour-liquid slug flow....Pages 569-572
Front Matter....Pages 573-573
Plume effects at hypersonic speeds....Pages 575-582
Two dimensional numerical simulation of the Marseille university free piston shock tunnel-TCM2....Pages 583-590
An overview of Ames experimental aerothermodynamics....Pages 591-596
Performance considerations in the operation of free-piston driven hypersonic test facilities....Pages 597-602
Performance data of the new free-piston shock tunnel T5 at GALCIT....Pages 603-610
Shock tube validation experiments for the simulation of ram-accelerator-related combustion and gasdynamic problems....Pages 611-616
Hugoniot analysis of the ram accelerator....Pages 617-622
Initiation of combustion in the thermally choked ram accelerator....Pages 623-630
Three-dimensional structure of pseudo-shock waves in a rectangular duct....Pages 631-636
Spectroscopic study of high-Mach-number air shock layers generated by a ballistic range....Pages 637-642
Front Matter....Pages 573-573
Applications of liquid crystal surface thermography to hypersonic flow....Pages 643-650
Applications of infrared measurement technique in hypersonic facilities....Pages 651-656
A laser induced fluorescence system for the high enthalpy shock tunnel (HEG) in G?ttingen....Pages 657-662
Aerodynamic heating phenomenon in three dimensional shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction induced by sweptback fins in hypersonic flows....Pages 663-670
Studies of radiative emission from the simulated shock layer of the Huygens probe....Pages 671-676
The high enthalpy shock tunnel in G?ttingen (HEG)....Pages 677-682
Vibrational and rotational temperature measurements in a shock tube....Pages 683-690
Chemical and thermal processes on hypersonic shock layer....Pages 691-696
Acoustic waves in shock tunnels and expansion tubes....Pages 697-704
Shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions induced by gaseous secondary flows injected into supersonic flow through slot and circular nozzles....Pages 705-710
A numerical analysis for radiation profile behind strong shock waves about 10 km/s in low-density air....Pages 711-716
Computation of chemical nonequilibrium nozzle flow of air in high-enthalpy shock tunnels....Pages 717-722
Radiative heat transfer from non-equilibrium high-enthalpy shock layers....Pages 723-726

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Shock tube application: High enthalpy European wind tunnels....Pages 3-16
Research issues of concern: Scientific and medical....Pages 17-18
Vorticity in shock-accelerated density-stratified interfaces: Deposition and “intermediate” time evolution of coherent structures....Pages 19-28
Modern shock-capturing schemes....Pages 29-40
Effects of focused shock waves on biological tissues: Cavitation in the prefocal region and the fluid flow in the focal region....Pages 41-48
Shock tube studies of combustion chemistry....Pages 49-60
Studies in shock waves, liquid impact, jets and cavitation....Pages 61-72
The shock tube technique applied to study aerosol rate processes....Pages 73-82
Shock-interface interaction: Current research on the Richtmyer-Meshkov problem....Pages 83-94
Wave problems in high-speed railway tunnels....Pages 95-102
The use of high velocity launchers for scientific and engineering studies....Pages 103-111
Mach reflection research - paradox and progress....Pages 113-120
Phase changes in solids during shock loading and unloading....Pages 121-128
Explosive volcanism in Japan and the United States: Gaining an understanding by shock tube experiments....Pages 129-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Vorticity produced by shock wave diffraction....Pages 143-150
Simulation of shock and vortex interactions....Pages 151-157
Shock interactions with a dense-gas wall layer....Pages 159-166
Formation of shock waves in transient base flow....Pages 167-172
Nonstationary interaction of strongly radiating ionizing shock wave with a thermal layer....Pages 173-176
Interaction of blast waves from a pair of exploding wires....Pages 177-180
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
High pressure treatment of iron by conically converging shock waves in a cylindrical capsule....Pages 181-186
Dynamics and structure of pressure jumps in non-Riemann gas dynamics....Pages 187-188
Discrepancies between theory and experiment for shock reflection....Pages 189-192
Shock wave loading on a rubber rod: Experimental investigation....Pages 193-196
Shock wave attenuation in channels with perforated walls....Pages 197-202
Oscillations of circular shock waves with upstream disturbance....Pages 203-208
Three dimensional flow structure behind a shock wave discharged from a rectangular cross section shock tube....Pages 209-212
A code-based study of the pseudo-steady shock reflection process....Pages 213-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Single-Mach and double-Mach reflection — its representation in Ernst Mach’s historical soot method....Pages 221-226
Observations of the initial stages of the Mach reflection process....Pages 227-232
Repeated Mach reflections in curved converging contractions....Pages 233-238
Unsteady behavior of Mach reflection over a particulate layer....Pages 239-244
Shock diffraction over a flat plate....Pages 245-250
Three-dimensional diffraction of shock wave....Pages 251-254
Diffraction of weak shock waves by barriers....Pages 255-260
Bifurcation of a reflected shock wave in a shock tube....Pages 261-266
Nonstationary reflection of dispersed waves in carbon dioxide....Pages 267-272
The propagation and stability of converging cylindrical shocks in narrow cylindrical chambers....Pages 273-278
The enhancement of shock wave loads by means of porous media....Pages 279-282
Anomalous refraction of shock waves....Pages 283-286
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Control of pressure distribution in shock generators with elliptic and parabolic cross-sections....Pages 287-291
Formation of the shock reflection on a wedge....Pages 293-298
Shock dynamic description of reflected shock waves....Pages 299-304
A method to reduce the pressure wave intensity caused by a shock wave radiated from a duct....Pages 305-312
Rayleigh-Taylor instability generated by rarefaction waves: Comparison with Richtmyer-Meshkov instability....Pages 313-318
Experimental investigation of Richtmyer-Meshkov turbulent mixing in shock tube....Pages 319-324
Richtmyer-Meshkov instability of shocked gaseous interfaces....Pages 325-330
X-ray densitometry of shock-excited Richtmyer-Meshkov instability at an air-xenon interface....Pages 331-336
Shock dynamics method for focusing of reflected blast waves....Pages 337-340
Focusing of shock waves reflected from an axisymmetrically parabolic wall....Pages 341-345
Experimental and numerical studies of blast wave focusing in water....Pages 347-350
The possibility of shock wave focusing to a pre-set space region with the elements of diffraction quasioptics....Pages 351-353
Irregular interaction of two shock waves....Pages 355-358
Turbulent mixing induced by Richtmyer-Meshkov instability....Pages 359-360
Study of the second type instability of shock heated Xe-plasma in the flow behind shock front....Pages 361-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Explosive shock synthesis of polycrystalline diamond powders....Pages 367-372
Shock wave processes in porous elastoplastic materials....Pages 373-379
Nonlinear wave propagation and shock wave formation in quasi-brittle materials....Pages 381-386
X-ray diffraction line broadening Fourier analysis of a dynamic loaded metal matrix composite obtained by liquid infiltration....Pages 387-392
Sub-nanosecond X-ray diffraction from laser-shocked crystals....Pages 393-398
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Planetary fluids at high shock pressures and temperatures....Pages 399-402
Shock metamorphism in artificial impact craters....Pages 403-407
Computation of the collision of a large asteroid with the primordial earth....Pages 409-414
Computer studies of the dynamic strength of ceramics....Pages 415-422
Shock-induced conductivity waves at metal-metal, metal-semiconductor transitions and in high porous nickel foam....Pages 423-427
On the modeling of reactive shock synthesis of materials....Pages 429-434
Surface phenomena of shock-loaded metallic samples....Pages 435-440
Hugoniot-measurement study of the stabilized zirconia single crystal....Pages 441-445
Hugoniots of eight meteorites....Pages 447-452
Gr?neisen equation of state for solids and solution of the Riemann problem....Pages 453-458
Shock wave codes at Sandia National Laboratories....Pages 459-462
Explosive powder compaction with a water pressure medium....Pages 463-468
Equation of state of H2O under ultra-high pressure....Pages 469-472
Front Matter....Pages 473-473
Condensation and evaporation relaxation induced by non-linear waves....Pages 475-480
Propagation of a reactive wave in a bubbly liquid....Pages 481-484
Comparative measurements of film condensation on the side and end walls of a shock tube....Pages 485-490
Shock tube study of the drag coefficient of a sphere in a nonstationary flow....Pages 491-497
Shock interaction with a dust layer....Pages 499-504
Shock compression of a polyvinylchloride based elastomer and polyvinylchloride....Pages 505-510
Gas dynamic and physical behaviour of compressible porous foams struck by a weak shock wave....Pages 511-516
Front Matter....Pages 473-473
Three-dimensional effects in the study of shock wave loading of porous compressible foams....Pages 517-520
Numerical investigation of dusty gas shock wave propagation along a variable cross-section channel....Pages 521-526
Gun propellant break-up effects on transient combustion processes....Pages 527-534
Wave dynamics of bubbly liquids mathematical models and numerical simulation....Pages 535-540
Convergence of pressure wave in a liquid....Pages 541-546
Shock wave reflection in a gas-vapor mixture with condensation....Pages 547-552
Enhanced mixing from shock-generated turbulence in dusty air....Pages 553-558
Interaction of two bubbles near a free surface....Pages 559-562
Numerical simulation of shock wave interaction with powder layers....Pages 563-568
Moderate shock wave propagation in a vapour-liquid slug flow....Pages 569-572
Front Matter....Pages 573-573
Plume effects at hypersonic speeds....Pages 575-582
Two dimensional numerical simulation of the Marseille university free piston shock tunnel-TCM2....Pages 583-590
An overview of Ames experimental aerothermodynamics....Pages 591-596
Performance considerations in the operation of free-piston driven hypersonic test facilities....Pages 597-602
Performance data of the new free-piston shock tunnel T5 at GALCIT....Pages 603-610
Shock tube validation experiments for the simulation of ram-accelerator-related combustion and gasdynamic problems....Pages 611-616
Hugoniot analysis of the ram accelerator....Pages 617-622
Initiation of combustion in the thermally choked ram accelerator....Pages 623-630
Three-dimensional structure of pseudo-shock waves in a rectangular duct....Pages 631-636
Spectroscopic study of high-Mach-number air shock layers generated by a ballistic range....Pages 637-642
Front Matter....Pages 573-573
Applications of liquid crystal surface thermography to hypersonic flow....Pages 643-650
Applications of infrared measurement technique in hypersonic facilities....Pages 651-656
A laser induced fluorescence system for the high enthalpy shock tunnel (HEG) in G?ttingen....Pages 657-662
Aerodynamic heating phenomenon in three dimensional shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction induced by sweptback fins in hypersonic flows....Pages 663-670
Studies of radiative emission from the simulated shock layer of the Huygens probe....Pages 671-676
The high enthalpy shock tunnel in G?ttingen (HEG)....Pages 677-682
Vibrational and rotational temperature measurements in a shock tube....Pages 683-690
Chemical and thermal processes on hypersonic shock layer....Pages 691-696
Acoustic waves in shock tunnels and expansion tubes....Pages 697-704
Shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions induced by gaseous secondary flows injected into supersonic flow through slot and circular nozzles....Pages 705-710
A numerical analysis for radiation profile behind strong shock waves about 10 km/s in low-density air....Pages 711-716
Computation of chemical nonequilibrium nozzle flow of air in high-enthalpy shock tunnels....Pages 717-722
Radiative heat transfer from non-equilibrium high-enthalpy shock layers....Pages 723-726
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