Pressure signature and evaluation of hammer pulses during underwater implosion in confining environments
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
8-1-2016
Abstract
The fluid structure interaction phenomenon occurring in confined implosions is investigated using high-speed three-dimensional digital image correlation (DIC) experiments. Aluminum tubular specimens are placed inside a confining cylindrical structure that is partially open to a pressurized environment. These specimens are hydrostatically loaded until they naturally implode. The implosion event is viewed, and recorded, through an acrylic window on the confining structure. The velocities captured through DIC are synchronized with the pressure histories to understand the effects of confining environment on the implosion process. Experiments show that collapse of the implodable volume inside the confining tube leads to strong oscillating water hammer waves. The study also reveals that the increasing collapse pressure leads to faster implosions. Both peak and average structural velocities increase linearly with increasing collapse pressure. The effects of the confining environment are better seen in relatively lower collapse pressure implosion experiments in which a long deceleration phase is observed following the peak velocity until wall contact initiates. Additionally, the behavior of the confining environment can be viewed and understood through classical water hammer theory. A one-degree-of-freedom theoretical model was created to predict the impulse pressure history for the particular problem studied.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume
140
Issue
2
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Gupta, Sachin, Helio Matos, Arun Shukla, and James M. LeBlanc. "Pressure signature and evaluation of hammer pulses during underwater implosion in confining environments." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140, 2 (2016): 1012-1022. doi: 10.1121/1.4960591.