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Simulation of shock waves in flyer plate impact experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2010

S. Neff*
Affiliation:
Nevada Terawatt Facility, University of Nevada, Reno
R. Presura
Affiliation:
Nevada Terawatt Facility, University of Nevada, Reno
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Stephen Neff, Institute for Nuclear Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany. E-mail: neff@skmail.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

Abstract

In this paper we present a newly developed one-dimensional hydrodynamic simulation code and use it to determine the shock evolution in flyer plate impact experiments. The code is Lagrangian with artificial viscosity and uses shock Hugoniot data in its equation-of-state calculations instead of SESAME data tables. First shock calculations for transparent targets show a good agreement with theoretical predictions, making the code suitable for designing future flyer impact experiments at the Nevada Terawatt Facility.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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