Impact and Dispersion of Liquid Filled Cylinders

The computational and experimental results of impact loading a thin wall liquid filled cylindrical target within a vacuum chamber are presented. The impact velocity ranges from 2.2 to 4.2km∕s. Both experimental and computational results are presented. It will be shown that impact dynamics and the early time fluid expansion are well modeled and understood. This includes the mass distribution and resulting expansion velocity. However, the late time dynamics, which includes the liquid breakup and droplet formation process of impacted liquid filled cylinders, is not well understood.