Explosive impact factor
Explosive impact factor
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I'm trying to find the pressure which would cause a vessel to fail from a sudden increase in pressure, say by an explosion. Would an impact factor apply, and what value would be appropriate?
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RE: Explosive impact factor
If I recall correctly, this gets into strain-rate-sensitive deformation - if the strain rate is very high in "tough" materials, then the instantaneous pressure could be higher than the steady-state pressure that would cause a vessel to "fail".
I would check out the ASME PVP Conference papers to see what's been done in the last 5 years. There has been work done by LANL - they were designing pressure vessels to test high explosives.
RE: Explosive impact factor
ASME papers are available online. Here's a link to one small subset: htt
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RE: Explosive impact factor