Analytical and experimental evaluation of energies during shock wave loading

Analytical expressions were developed using gas dynamic equations to evaluate the energy associated with the incident shock wave (incident energy) and the reflected shock wave (remaining energy) for a shock tube experiment. The real time deformation profile of the specimen being loaded by a shock tube was also used to calculate the deformation energy. A shock wave loading on a homogeneous aluminum panel in a simple shock tube experiment was used to illustrate the implementation of these methods. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.