Energy Dissipation with Shock Pressure

Hicks, in agreement with other investigators, presents an approximate relation (Fig 26) which shows how energy dissipation is increased with initial shock pressure of the HE. His main conclusions for TNT are summarized in Table 13. Energy partition at the various shock radii are in reasonable accord with those of Ref 12... 

The propagation of pressure waves such as acoustic wave, shock wave, and Prandtl-Meyer expansion through a gas-solid suspension is a phenomenon associated primarily with the transfer of momentum although certain processes of energy transfer such as kinetic energy dissipation and heat transfer between gas and solids almost always occur. Typical applications of the pressure wave propagation include the measurements of the solids concentration and flow rate by use of acoustic devices as well as detonation combustion such as in a rocket propellant combustor or in the barrel of a gun. 

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