Doctoral Dissertations
Keywords and Phrases
Cylinder collapse; Deepwater Horizon; Explosive; Explosive Lensing; Sealing an Oil Pipe; Shockwaves
Abstract
"In 2010, the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon accident leaked oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days. A fast response method that can seal an oil pipe and stop the release of oil is needed in order to prevent future oil leaks from turning into ecological and financial disasters. Explosives can serve this need.
This research examined how a circular implosive discontinuous explosive lens interacts with a cylindrical surface. The following research was designed to study the applicability of the Method this author developed to predict the peak pressure from multiple shockwaves converging on a centrally located cylinder. This research also examined if multiple charges can impart a higher peak pressure or impulse on the centrally located cylindrical surface than a single charge of equal net weight. The experiments examined single charges in line with the signature sensor with various charge weights (0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 lb) and multiple 0.2 lb charges varying the number of charges (1-5) at different angular spacings (180, 120, 90, 60, and 40-degrees).
The Method developed throughout this research can be used to predict the pressure along the symmetry plane when 180 ≥ 0 ≥ 60 degrees, for two and three 0.2 lb charges. The Peak Pressure Predictive Method is accurate to ± 4 percent. The techniques developed to predict the peak reflected pressure and impulse generated from multiple shockwaves converging on a cylindrical surface will aid in generating a rapid response system to help prevent underwater disasters similar to the Deepwater Horizon event"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Baird, Jason
Committee Member(s)
Worsey, Paul Nicholas
Galecki, Greg
Nygaard, Runar
Lusk, Braden
Department(s)
Mining Engineering
Degree Name
Ph. D. in Explosives Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Publication Date
Summer 2016
Pagination
xix, 237 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographic references (pages 233-236).
Rights
© 2016 Phillip R Mulligan, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Oil spills -- Management
Offshore oil well drilling
Underwater explosions
Thesis Number
T 10970
Electronic OCLC #
958281096
Recommended Citation
Mulligan, Phillip R., "Modeling explosive lensing on a cylindrical body in air: A first step towards sealing an underwater offshore oil spill" (2016). Doctoral Dissertations. 2514.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/2514