Open AccessURANIUM SHOCK PROPERTIES
Author(s) -
John W. Taylor
Publication year - 1963
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4165878
Subject(s) - rarefaction (ecology) , acceleration , shock (circulatory) , mechanics , surface (topology) , physics , materials science , acoustics , nuclear engineering , geology , engineering , classical mechanics , mathematics , geometry , medicine , paleontology , species richness
Three shots were fired in the study of the low-pressure hydrodynamic behavior of U. Plots of target free-surface velocity vs. time are presented for various target thicknesses and pressures. The free-surface deceleration and second gradual acceleration are discussed. The calculation of rarefaction sound speeds is considered. Results are reported of an experiment using the capacitor technique to observe a reflected shock in U. (D L.C.