A numerical study of shock waves generated through laser ablation of explosives

Bai, Wenyu; Diebold, Gerald J.; Wynn, Charles M.; Haupt, Robert W.; Doherty, John H.

doi:10.1063/1.4967825

Title: A numerical study of shock waves generated through laser ablation of explosives

Journal Article · Thu Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967825· OSTI ID:1465123

Bai, Wenyu ^[1];

^[1]; Wynn, Charles M. ^[2]; Haupt, Robert W. ^[2]; Doherty, John H. ^[2]

Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Lincoln Lab.

Shock waves resulting from irradiation of energetic materials with a pulsed ultraviolet laser source have been shown to be an effective indicator for explosives detection. In this study, the features of shock wave propagation are explored theoretically. The initial stage of the shock motion is simulated as a one-dimensional process. As the nonlinear wave expands to form a blast wave, a system of conservation equations, simplified to the Euler equations, is employed to model wave propagation. The Euler equations are solved numerically by the 5th order weighted essentially non-oscillatory finite difference scheme with the time integration carried out using the 3rd order total variation diminishing Runge Kutta method. The numerical results for the shock wave evolution are compared with those obtained from experiments with a meltcast 2,6-dinitrotoluene sample. The calculations lay a theoretical foundation for a recently investigated technique for photoacoustically sensing explosives using a vibrometer.

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Research Organization:: Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Grant/Contract Number:: sc0001082; N00014-15-MP-00407

OSTI ID:: 1465123

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1332373

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 19; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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