Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Numerical simulations of blast wave characteristics with a two-dimensional axisymmetric room model

  • Original Article
  • Published:
Shock Waves Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

This paper numerically visualizes explosion phenomena in order to discuss blast wave characteristics with a two-dimensional axisymmetric room model. After the shock wave exits via an opening, the blast wave propagates into open space. In the present study, a parametric study was conducted to determine the blast wave characteristics from the room exit by changing the room shape and the mass of the high explosive. Our results show that the blast wave characteristics can be correctly estimated using a scaling factor proposed in the present paper that includes the above parameters. We conducted normalization of the peak overpressure curve using the shock overpressure at the exit and the length scale of the room volume. In the case where the scaling factor has the same value, the normalized peak overpressure curve does not depend on the calculation conditions, and the scaling factor describes the blast wave characteristics emerging from the current room model.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Wu, C., Lukaszawicz, M., Schebella, K., Antanovskii, L.: Experimental and numerical investigation of confined explosion in a blast chamber. J. Loss Prev. Process Ind. 26, 737–750 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Anthistle, T., Fletcher, D.I., Tyas, A.: Characterisation of blast loading in complex, confined geometries using quarter symmetry experimental methods. Shock Waves 26, 749–757 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Sauvan, P.E., Sochet, I., Trélat, S.: Analysis of reflected blast wave pressure profiles in a confined room. Shock Waves 22, 253–264 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Pennetier, O., William-Louis, M., Langlet, A.: Numerical and reduced-scale experimental investigation of blast wave shape in underground transportation infrastructure. Process Saf. Environ. Protect. 94, 96–104 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Kingery, C.N., Bulmash, G.: Airblast Parameters from TNT Spherical Air Burst and Hemispherical Surface Burst. ARBRL-TR-02555, U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (1984)

  6. Skjeltorp, A.T., Jenssen, R., Rinnan, A.: Blast propagation outside a typical underground ammunition storage site. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Military Application of Blast Simulation, Stockholm (1977)

  7. Kingery, C. N.: Survey of Airblast Data Related to Underground Munition Storage Sites. Technical Report BRL-TR-3012, Ballistics Research Laboratory (1989)

  8. Kingery, C.N., Gion, E.J.: Tunnel-Exit Pressure and Impulse Effects on Free-Field Pressure and Impulse. Technical Report BRL-TR-3132, Ballistics Research Laboratory (1990)

  9. Sugiyama, Y., Wakabayashi, K., Matsumura, T., Nakayama, Y.: Numerical estimation of blast wave strength from an underground structure. Sci. Tech. Energ. Mater. 76, 14–19 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  10. Chandra, N., Ganpule, S., Kleinschmit, N.N., Feng, R., Holmberg, A.D., Sundaramurthy, A., Selvan, V., Alai, A.: Evolution of blast wave profiles in simulated air blasts: experiment and computational modeling. Shock Waves 22, 403–415 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Homae, T., Sugiyama, Y., Wakabayashi, K., Matsumura, T., Nakayama, Y.: Water and sand for blast pressure mitigation around a subsurface magazine. Sci. Technol. Energ. Mater. 77, 18–21 (2016)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Sugiyama, Y., Tanaka, T., Matsuo, A., Homae, T., Wakabayashi, K., Matsumura, T., Nakayama, Y.: Numerical simulations on blast wave around the small-scale model of subsurface magazine. Sci. Technol. Energ. Mater. 76, 115–119 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Sugiyama, Y., Tanaka, T., Matsuo, A., Homae, T., Wakabayashi, K., Matsumura, T., Nakayama, Y.: Numerical application for the estimation of blast wave mitigation achieved by water inside a subsurface magazine model. J. Loss Prev. Process Ind. 43, 521–528 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Toro, E.F., Spruce, M., Speares, W.: Restoration of the contact surface in the HLL-Riemann solver. Shock Waves 4, 25–34 (1994)

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  15. Zhang, X., Shu, C.-W.: Maximum-principle-satisfying and positivity-preserving high-order schemes for conservation laws: survey and new developments. Proc. R. Soc. A 467, 2752–2776 (2011)

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  16. Shu, C.-W., Osher, S.: Efficient implementation of essentially non-oscillatory shock-capturing schemes. J. Comput. Phys. 77, 439–471 (1988)

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  17. Skjeltorp, A.T., Hegdahl, T., Jessen A.: Underground Ammunition Storage. Blast Propagation in the Tunnel System. Report II A. Chamber Pressure, Norwegian Defence Construction Service NDRC Report 79/72 (1975)

  18. Bagabir, A.N.: Cylindrical blast wave propagation in an enclosure. Shock Waves 22, 547–556 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant No. 26350461.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Research Institute of Science for Safety and Sustainability, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Y. Sugiyama, K. Wakabayashi, T. Matsumura & Y. Nakayama

  2. National Institute of Technology, Toyama Colledge, 1-2 Ebie-neriya, Imizu, Toyama, 933-0293, Japan

    T. Homae

Authors
  1. Y. Sugiyama
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. T. Homae
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. K. Wakabayashi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. T. Matsumura
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Y. Nakayama
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Y. Sugiyama.

Additional information

Communicated by A. Higgins.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Sugiyama, Y., Homae, T., Wakabayashi, K. et al. Numerical simulations of blast wave characteristics with a two-dimensional axisymmetric room model. Shock Waves 27, 615–622 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-016-0706-4

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-016-0706-4

Keywords

Search

Navigation