| Author | Chou, Chun |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. 454 |
| Subject(s) | Waves
Hydrodynamics
|
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The shock pressure caused by impact between a solid and a liquid was studied theoretically as well as experimentally.
Theoretical formulae have been derived to express the pressure
distribution along a flat solid surface when striking a fluid.
Equations are also derived to express the energy transfer between these two phases. Of primary interest herein are the air pressure characteristics connected to the extreme value of shock pressure. The experiment has been conducted both in the atmosphere and
vacuum. The theoretical formulae and experimental results gave good agreement and also pointed out that air pressure gave no much influence
to the variation of shock pressures. The conclusions drawn in this thesis related to the mathematical
model and experimental results may be summarized as:
(1) The density and to a lesser degree the compressibility of the
liquid played an important role in the induction of shock pressures.
(2) Changing of air pressure would increase the molecular activities at the free surf ace of the liquids thus giving a wider range of scatter of the experimentally measured shock pressure data.
(3) The different boundary conditions used in this study produces a theoretical solution useful to analyze the shock pressure induced by waves breaking on a vertical wall. |
| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | Student Research Before 1980 |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Thesis (Year <=1979) |
| Chairperson(s) | Ackermann, Norbert L. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Arbhabhirama Anat ;Niwat Daranandana |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Republic of China |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1972 |
