About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Dynamic Behavior of Materials IX
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| Presentation Title |
Reduction of Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities via Layered Explosive Charge Design |
| Author(s) |
Michael Hennessey, H. Keo Springer, Jon Belof |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Michael Hennessey |
| Abstract Scope |
This study details the optimization of layered explosive charge geometries to reduce Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) in metal plates with sinusoidal surface features through numerical simulation. The impact of a detonation wave from a high explosive (HE) charge on a metal target results in shock refraction at the interface between the two materials. For a target with an unconfined surface opposite the HE-target interface, the shock refraction results in complex wave behavior related to Mach-stem interaction within the target ultimately leading to the formation of RMI at the unconfined surface of the target. The reduction of this instability is investigated in a two-fold manner: first by varying the charge design and composition, and second by varying the initial design of the unconfined surface of the target. Within a limited scope of this design space, a wide variety of behaviors related to the RMI growth (or suppression thereof) are observed and investigated. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Computational Materials Science & Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, Mechanical Properties |