The electromagnetic radiation produced by hypervelocity impact

GONG Liangfei; ZHANG Qingming; LONG Renrong; ZHANG Kai; JU Yuanyuan

doi:10.11883/bzycj-2020-0396

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GONG Liangfei, ZHANG Qingming, LONG Renrong, ZHANG Kai, JU Yuanyuan. The electromagnetic radiation produced by hypervelocity impact[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2021, 41(2): 021402. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2020-0396

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GONG Liangfei, ZHANG Qingming, LONG Renrong, ZHANG Kai, JU Yuanyuan. The electromagnetic radiation produced by hypervelocity impact[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2021, 41(2): 021402. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2020-0396

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The electromagnetic radiation produced by hypervelocity impact

doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2020-0396

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School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
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State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Cilivian, Beijing 102205, China
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Naval Research Academy, Beijing 100161, China

Received Date: 2020-10-19
Rev Recd Date: 2020-11-02

Available Online: 2021-02-02

Publish Date: 2021-02-05

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Abstract

The electromagnetic radiation from hypervelocity impact is an important physical phenomenon of solid matter under strong impact loadings, and the research results have important application value in fields of deep space exploration, protection design of spacecraft against space debris, assessment of weapon damage, etc. In this paper, the electromagnetic radiation caused by hypervelocity impact was briefly summarized. The time-frequency characteristics of microwave and flash by hypervelocity impact under various collision conditions were respectively provided. The radiation models of microwave generated by hypervelocity impact were analyzed from two aspects of material fragmentation and plasma phase transition. The luminescence mechanisms during hypervelocity impact were described as a whole, and the radiation models of continuous spectrum and line spectrum were performed. The shortcomings and development trend of electromagnetic radiation by hypervelocity impact were pointed out. The results show that the intensity and frequency of microwave and flash are closely dependent on the target thickness, impact material, environmental pressure as well as collisional velocity and angle. The microwave is in the form of pulses lasting from a few to hundreds of microseconds. The intensity of the flash, however, accumulates rapidly and then decays slowly. When the plasma is not accomplished during the hypervelocity impact, the microwave radiation is mainly formed because of the movement of ionized debris. Once the plasma is formed, the effects of the collision radiation in the plasma, namely the bremsstrahlung and recombination radiation, and the expansion of the plasma should also be taken into account, and the specific spectrum lies on the characteristic parameters of plasma. In vacuum, only the gasification and plasma due to the impact are necessary to be considered in the flash spectrum, while the gasification and even plasma phase transition resulted from the ablation between the gas and debris should be involved at high environmental pressure.
- hypervelocity impact,
- electromagnetic radiation,
- plasma,
- flash,
- microwave

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