<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Simulation and measurements of muzzle blast overpressure and its physical manifestations are studied in this paper. The use of a silencer can have a great influence on the overpressure intensity. A silencer is regarded as an acoustic transducer and a waveguide. Wave equations for an acoustic dotted source of directed effect are used for physical interpretation of overpressure as an acoustic phenomenon. Decomposition approach has proven to be suitable to describe the formation of the output wave of the wave transducer. Electroacoustic analogies are used for simulations. A measurement chain was used to compare the simulation results with the experimental ones.</p></abstract>

Simulation and measurements of muzzle blast overpressure and its physical manifestations are studied in this paper. The use of a silencer can have a great influence on the overpressure intensity. A silencer is regarded as an acoustic transducer and a waveguide. Wave equations for an acoustic dotted source of directed effect are used for physical interpretation of overpressure as an acoustic phenomenon. Decomposition approach has proven to be suitable to describe the formation of the output wave of the wave transducer. Electroacoustic analogies are used for simulations. A measurement chain was used to compare the simulation results with the experimental ones.

Simulation and Measurements of Small Arms Blast Wave Overpressure in the Process of Designing a Silencer

Measurement Science Review

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Simulation and measurements of muzzle blast overpressure and its physical manifestations are studied in this paper. The use of a silencer can have a great...

Simulation and Measurements of Small Arms Blast Wave Overpressure in the Process of Designing a Silencer

Publié en ligne: 11 mars 2015

Pages: 27 - 34

Reçu: 25 juil. 2014

Accepté: 30 janv. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2015-0005

Mots clés
Overpressure, silencer, decomposition approach, wave propagation, dotted wave source

© Nebojša Hristov, Aleksandar Kari, Damir Jerković, Slobodan Savić, Radoslav Sirovatka

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Simulation and Measurements of Small Arms Blast Wave Overpressure in the Process of Designing a Silencer

Publié en ligne: 11 mars 2015

Pages: 27 - 34

Reçu: 25 juil. 2014

Accepté: 30 janv. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2015-0005

Mots clésOverpressure, silencer, decomposition approach, wave propagation, dotted wave source

© Nebojša Hristov, Aleksandar Kari, Damir Jerković, Slobodan Savić, Radoslav Sirovatka

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Overpressure, silencer, decomposition approach, wave propagation, dotted wave source