Effects of Different Equations of State on the Oblique Shock Wave Reflection in Solids

Abstract

The equations of state of solids under high pressure are more complicated than that of gases in a variety of forms. While the existing studies on the oblique shock wave reflection usually take just one of the equations of state, lacking of the comparisons among them. This paper aims at the investigation of oblique shock wave reflection in solids through shock polar methodology. Four different forms of equations of state are considered, principal shock taking with vN particle velocity relationship and second shock taking with Grüneisen equation of state(1Du2Grüneisen), principal and second shock both taking with vN particle velocity relationship (1Du2Du), principal shock taking with vN particle velocity relationship and second shock taking with stiffened gas equation of state (1Du2Gamma), and principal and second shock both taking with stiffened gas equation of state (1Gamma2Gamma). The effects of different equations of state on the pressure behind the reflected shock show: different combination of EOS may lead to diverse results. In our opinion, the 1Du2Grüneisen and 1Du2Du shows almost the same trends in most conditions and is suitable for the theoretical analysis of oblique reflection, and 1Du2Gamma and 1Gamma2Gamma should be carefully employed in studies to avoid the incorrect result.