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1 March 1983 Investigation Of Vapor Explosion Mechanisms Using High Speed Photography
Donn R. Armstrong, Richard P. Anderson
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Proceedings Volume 0348, 15th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967847
Event: 15th International Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, 1982, San Diego, United States
Abstract
The vapor explosion, a physical interaction between hot and cold liquids that causes the explosive vaporization of the cold liquid, is a hazard of concern in such diverse industries as metal smelting and casting, paper manufacture, and nuclear power generation. Intensive work on this problem worldwide, for the past 25 years has generated a number of theories and mechanisms proposed to explain vapor explosions. High speed photography has been the major instrument used to test the validity of the theories and to provide the observations that have lead to new theories. Examples are given of experimental techniques that have been used to investigate vapor explosions. Detailed studies of specific mechanisms have included microsecond flash photograph of contact boiling and high speed cinematography of shock driven breakup of liquid drops. Other studies looked at the explosivity of various liquid pairs using cinematography inside a pulsed nuclear reactor and x-ray cinematography of a thermite-sodium interaction.
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Donn R. Armstrong and Richard P. Anderson "Investigation Of Vapor Explosion Mechanisms Using High Speed Photography", Proc. SPIE 0348, 15th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, (1 March 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967847
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KEYWORDS
Liquids

High speed photography

Metals

Cameras

Photography

Sodium

Aluminum

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