Abstract-The localized appearance of specific shock features in target rocks and meteorites such as melt veins and high pressure polymorphs suggests that regions with a local increase in pressure and temperature exist as a shock wave propagates through an inhomogeneous rock. In this paper, we investigate the effect of planar fissures on the local temperature distribution using numerical simulations. Time-dependent parameters such as temperature, pressure, and displacement are evaluated. The simulation model is based on a shock equation of state for the involved materials, dunite and quartzite, and simulates geometries that were also used in shock-loading experiments. An artificial gap between the materials simulates an open fissure at the interface. A strong temperature increase occurs at a gap size of 0.1 mm, which potentially can cause melting in a thin layer at the interfaces. The temperature decreases with decreasing gap size. Temperature and pressure excursions at the interface are induced by the closure of the gap, which causes a second shock wave to superpose the primary wave. Open fissures and fractures, which occur ubiquitously in shallow-buried target rocks and projectiles, thus, act as local pressure and temperature amplyfiers and may be responsible for thin melt vein formation in shocked rocks.
Buried high explosive (HE) charges represent a high threat to military vehicles. The detonation of these charges can lead to significant momentum transfer onto vehicles and their occupants. A detailed understanding of the physical processes involved in the loading of vehicle structures is necessary for an optimization of effective countermeasures and protection systems. A quantitative description of the local momentum distribution on the vehicle underbody due to the detonation process is of special importance. In the following, a new test setup is presented that allows the experimental determination of the specific impulse distribution. It is based on a ring arrangement where the elements are nested into each other and the velocity of each ring is correlated with the local specific impulse at its position. The momentum transfer to a vehicle depends on a number of influencing factors such as: charge mass, embedding material (e.g. sand, gravel, clay), density, water content, saturation, depth of burial, ground clearance and vehicle shape. The presented technology is applied to quantify the influence of the embedding material (alluvial sand, quartz sand), the burial depth and the water content on the local specific impulse distribution. The obtained data can be used as initial condition for the numerical simulation of occupant safety assessment and as input for empirical modeling of momentum transfer on structures
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