Mechanical Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

Summer 7-15-2017

Abstract

We investigate the difference between Amagat and Dalton mixing laws for gaseous equations of state (EOS) using planar traveling shocks. Numerical modeling was performed in the Sandia National Laboratories hydrocode CTH utilizing tabular EOS in the SESAME format. Numerical results were compared to experimental work from the University of New Mexico Shock Tube Laboratory. Latin hypercube samples were used to assess model sensitivities to Amagat and Dalton EOS. We find that the Amagat mixing law agrees best with the experimental results and that significant difference exist between the predictions of the Amagat and Dalton mixing methods.

Keywords

Amagat, Dalton, Latin Hypercube, Equation of State

Degree Name

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Mechanical Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

C. Randall Truman

Second Committee Member

Peter Vorobieff

Third Committee Member

Timothy Clark

Fourth Committee Member

Humberto Silva III

Sponsors

Department of Energy

Document Type

Thesis

Language

English

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