The Sublimation Energy of Metal versus Temperature and Pressure and its Influence on Blow-off Impulse

Based on the thermodynamic theory, the dependence of sublimation energy of metal on temperature and pressure is discussed, and the results indicate that the sublimation energy decreases linearly with the increase of temperature and pressure. Combined with this result, the blow-off impulse of aluminum induced by pulsed X-ray is simulated by smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The numerical results show that, while the change of sublimation energy with temperature and pressure is considered, the blow-off impulse of aluminum is larger than the case that the sublimation energy is assumed to be a constant.

Authors:

• Wenhui Tang
• Daorong Wang
• Xia Huang
• Xianwen Ran

Keywords:

• sublimation energy
• blow-off impulse
• pulsed X-ray
• SPH method.

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