Technical Approach and Methodology

Active constituent of impulse systems of division will form on the basis of results of investigation into theory of accumulating explosion energy and experimental-industrial development of elongated cumulative charges (ECC) for explosion cutting metal structures, carried out at the PWI during last 25...30 years. For production of ECC special equipment and capacities, which has not any country of the former USSR, is available at aforementioned REC "Explosion material treatment".

The results of systematic investigation into developing protection against side effect of impulse impact and creating corresponding devices, conducted by Department of welding and cutting of metals by explosion of PWI, will be put on the basis of the proposed Project. Strong dampening shock waves by multiphase disperse media (foams, bubble, loose media and others) is used in the majority of protective devices (PD). In this connection experimental and theoretical investigations including numerical modelling on computer shock wave flows in multiphase media were carried out. Explanation of nature of strong dampening shock waves by such media and parameters of their similarity in various media were received as some findings of these research.

To achieve formulated target the new theoretical and experimental procedures in analysis of interaction of the air shock waves with objects; methods of the system-structural analysis; methods of numerical modelling processes and statistical-probabilistic approaches to the problem considered. Experts' accumulated experience on whole series of defensive development will be used for improvement existing and creating new generation of impulse means for fulfilling work under extreme situation, and also for estimation and regulation of their ecological after-effects. Necessity in such means at liquidation of after-effects of technogenic failures on maintained NPPs and in the fuel-and-energy complex is urgent already now, but in due course the acuity of this problem will grow with exhausting a resource and forced removing from operation working nowadays various structures of heavy-duty application, and, thus, being subjected to liquidation according to the international agreements (such, for example, as mine-type installations for launching rockets).

For estimating a level of danger of impulse impact on person, environment and structures along with determining criteria of safety when employing impulse devices of division together with protection facilities the results of investigation into influence of shock waves on these objects were used. The interaction of shock waves with objects is examined within the framework of the new double-parametric approach reasoning from the dependences impulse-pressure. Extensive database on reaction of various objects, requiring protection, on shock-wave influence is nowadays accumulated. In particular, data about influence of ground and underwater impulse impact on hearing organs of person, fish, ships, buildings glazing, pipelines, shells and various building structures are now available.

Control of side action of impulse technologies will be carried out by recording parameters of shock waves influencing objects, and reaction of last on this impact both by piezocrystal gauges of pressure and multivector sensors of vibration acceleration.

The radioecological control of after-effects of using impulse technologies will be carried out on several basic parameters with allowance for accepted models of evolution of radioecological situation by: