UWFDM-1160 Shock Loading of a Cylinder Bank with Imaging and Pressure Measurements

Experiments are conducted in a shock tube to study the shock loading of a cylinder and a cylinder bank. The experiments model the loading of the cooling tubes in an inertial confinement fusion reactor where banks of tubes line the reaction chamber. The diffraction of the shock wave is visualized using shadowgraphy. Shock loading of the cylinder(s) is measured with flush mounted piezoelectric pressure transducers located at various angular locations. The single cylinder experiments are compared with the cylinder bank experiments to study the effect of the first wall of cylinders on the second one.