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Title: Mass-velocity and size-velocity distributions of ejecta cloud from shock-loaded tin surface using atomistic simulations

Abstract

The mass (volume and areal densities) versus velocity as well as the size versus velocity distributions of a shock-induced cloud of particles are investigated using large scale molecular dynamics simulations. A generic three-dimensional tin crystal with a sinusoidal free surface roughness (single wavelength) is set in contact with vacuum and shock-loaded so that it melts directly on shock. At the reflection of the shock wave onto the perturbations of the free surface, two-dimensional sheets/jets of liquid metal are ejected. The simulations show that the distributions may be described by an analytical model based on the propagation of a fragmentation zone, from the tip of the sheets to the free surface, in which the kinetic energy of the atoms decreases as this zone comes closer to the free surface on late times. As this kinetic energy drives (i) the (self-similar) expansion of the zone once it has broken away from the sheet and (ii) the average size of the particles which result from fragmentation in the zone, the ejected mass and the average size of the particles progressively increase in the cloud as fragmentation occurs closer to the free surface. Though relative to nanometric scales, our model may help in themore » analysis of experimental profiles.« less

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon (France)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22402959
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 16; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; FRAGMENTATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LIQUID METALS; MASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLES; REFLECTION; ROUGHNESS; SHEETS; SHOCK WAVES; SURFACES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES; TIN; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; VELOCITY

Citation Formats

Durand, O., and Soulard, L. Mass-velocity and size-velocity distributions of ejecta cloud from shock-loaded tin surface using atomistic simulations. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4918537.
Durand, O., & Soulard, L. Mass-velocity and size-velocity distributions of ejecta cloud from shock-loaded tin surface using atomistic simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918537
Durand, O., and Soulard, L. 2015. "Mass-velocity and size-velocity distributions of ejecta cloud from shock-loaded tin surface using atomistic simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918537.
@article{osti_22402959,
title = {Mass-velocity and size-velocity distributions of ejecta cloud from shock-loaded tin surface using atomistic simulations},
author = {Durand, O. and Soulard, L.},
abstractNote = {The mass (volume and areal densities) versus velocity as well as the size versus velocity distributions of a shock-induced cloud of particles are investigated using large scale molecular dynamics simulations. A generic three-dimensional tin crystal with a sinusoidal free surface roughness (single wavelength) is set in contact with vacuum and shock-loaded so that it melts directly on shock. At the reflection of the shock wave onto the perturbations of the free surface, two-dimensional sheets/jets of liquid metal are ejected. The simulations show that the distributions may be described by an analytical model based on the propagation of a fragmentation zone, from the tip of the sheets to the free surface, in which the kinetic energy of the atoms decreases as this zone comes closer to the free surface on late times. As this kinetic energy drives (i) the (self-similar) expansion of the zone once it has broken away from the sheet and (ii) the average size of the particles which result from fragmentation in the zone, the ejected mass and the average size of the particles progressively increase in the cloud as fragmentation occurs closer to the free surface. Though relative to nanometric scales, our model may help in the analysis of experimental profiles.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4918537},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22402959}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 16,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}