An Experimental Study on Shock-Interface Interactions
Date14th Dec 2021
Time02:00 PM
Venue Google Meet
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Shockwaves interact with interfaces in various scenarios such as overseas or underwater explosions, supernova explosions, Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and supersonic combustion. Hence, it is important to understand the hydrodynamic motion arising from such interactions to mitigate the deleterious effects and implement them beneficially to our needs. Although the refraction patterns arising from a shockwave interacting with a gas-gas interface have been well studied, those arising from a multiphase interface are not yet fully understood. Moreover, very few experimental studies have focused on the ensuing Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability (RMI) on an inclined multiphase interface. The focus of the current work is to experimentally study the refraction patterns and RM Instability on an inclined multiphase interface. We have designed and fabricated a vertical shock tube facility capable of being tilted to create the required angle between the shockwave and the interface. The shock tube is of a square cross-section and can generate a shock Mach number of up to 2.5 in air. Highspeed imaging techniques like schlieren, shadowgraphy will be used for qualitative analysis, and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) will be used for quantitative analysis.
Speakers
Mr. ANBU SERENE RAJ
Department of Aerospace Engineering