Van Wyk, Marius SMostert, Frederik JCloete, William EMattheyse, Richard2019-11-182019-11-182019-07Van Wyk, M.S., Mostert, F.J., Cloete, W.E. & Mattheyse, R. 2019. Simulation of water gaps in detonic initiation trains. In: 2019 Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computer Tools for Engineering Applications, Notre Dame University, Lebanon, 3-5 July 2019http://www.ndu.edu.lb/Library/Assets/Micro/Files/Actea/ACTEA%202019%20-%20Final%20Program.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/11214Presented in: 2019 Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computer Tools for Engineering Applications, Notre Dame University, Lebanon, 3-5 July 2019A simulation tool was used to investigate the comparative effects of air and water in a gap between two detonic transfer elements. A specific model configuration was used to position a donor and acceptor in air and water environments, respectively, at different distances. Various transfer parameters were monitored in the simulation, such as peak pressure, specific impulse and arrival time. Although the effect in very small gaps could not be adequately resolved, it was counter-intuitively found for larger gaps that (for this specific configuration) transfer will occur at a larger distance through air in the gap than through water. A prototype hardware tool was designed based on the simulations, to execute confirmation experiments.enDetonicGap testInitiation trainSimulationConference PresentationVan Wyk, M. S., Mostert, F. J., Cloete, W. E., & Mattheyse, R. (2019). Simulation of water gaps in detonic initiation trains. ACTEA. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11214Van Wyk, Marius S, Frederik J Mostert, William E Cloete, and Richard Mattheyse. "Simulation of water gaps in detonic initiation trains." (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11214Van Wyk MS, Mostert FJ, Cloete WE, Mattheyse R, Simulation of water gaps in detonic initiation trains; ACTEA; 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11214 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Van Wyk, Marius S AU - Mostert, Frederik J AU - Cloete, William E AU - Mattheyse, Richard AB - A simulation tool was used to investigate the comparative effects of air and water in a gap between two detonic transfer elements. A specific model configuration was used to position a donor and acceptor in air and water environments, respectively, at different distances. Various transfer parameters were monitored in the simulation, such as peak pressure, specific impulse and arrival time. Although the effect in very small gaps could not be adequately resolved, it was counter-intuitively found for larger gaps that (for this specific configuration) transfer will occur at a larger distance through air in the gap than through water. A prototype hardware tool was designed based on the simulations, to execute confirmation experiments. DA - 2019-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Detonic KW - Gap test KW - Initiation train KW - Simulation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 T1 - Simulation of water gaps in detonic initiation trains TI - Simulation of water gaps in detonic initiation trains UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11214 ER -