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Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves

2020 year, number 4

Calculation of Shock Waves in an Explosion of a Liquid Gas Pressure Reservoir

S. E. Yakush
Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 119526 Russia
Keywords: взрыв расширяющихся паров, ударная волна, быстрый фазовой переход, численное моделирование, explosion of expanding vapors, shock wave, fast phase transition, numerical simulation

Abstract

Rapid phase transitions occurring with a sharp increase in a specific volume can be accompanied by explosive gas-dynamic phenomena. A model is presented for calculating shock waves generated in the atmosphere during an explosion of a liquid gas pressure reservoir, based on the assumption of a thermodynamically equilibrium state of a vapor-liquid mixture in which both vapor and liquid have equal velocities and are in a state of saturation at local pressure. The spherically symmetric scattering of a boiling liquid cloud is calculated, pressure profiles under various initial conditions are compared, and the primary shock wave parameters are validated according to the results of available experimental data. Two-dimensional calculations of shock waves during the fracture of a cylindrical tank near the underlying surface at various degrees of filling are presented.