Research Article

Shock Wave Characteristics of Hydraulic Shock Wave Simulator with Variable Damping

Figure 5

Coupled models for the shock simulation system. 1: recoil mechanism, 2: the cannon barrel, 3: elastic element, 4: moving cylinder block, 5: variable damping shock wave simulator, 6: fixed cylinder block, and 7: velocity generator.
(a) Coupled system sketch
(b) Coupled system diagram