A solution is obtained from a simplified approach for the problem of the motion of two fragments driven into a vacuum after rupture of a container filled with gas. Following rupture, the two container fragments are driven in opposite directions. From the separation developed between the moving fragments, the originally contained gas escapes to the vacuum, perpendicular to the direction of motion of the fragments, and with locally sonic velocity. The present solution removes two restrictions of an earlier similar approach: (1) the speed of the gas within the original volume (and consequently, by inference, that of the fragments) is small relative to the sonic escape velocity, and (2) the volume between the separating fragments while they are accelerating undergoes negligible change from the original volume.
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Velocities of Fragments From Bursting Gas Reservoirs
D. E. Taylor,
D. E. Taylor
Lockheed Propulsion Company, Redlands, Calif.
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C. F. Price
C. F. Price
Lockheed Propulsion Company, Redlands, Calif.
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D. E. Taylor
Lockheed Propulsion Company, Redlands, Calif.
C. F. Price
Lockheed Propulsion Company, Redlands, Calif.
J. Eng. Ind. Nov 1971, 93(4): 981-985
Published Online: November 1, 1971
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February 5, 1971
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July 15, 2010
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Taylor, D. E., and Price, C. F. (November 1, 1971). "Velocities of Fragments From Bursting Gas Reservoirs." ASME. J. Eng. Ind. November 1971; 93(4): 981–985. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3428093
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