Thuy-Tien (Luz) Ngoc Nguyen - ISP & CBIS PhD Student

PhD Title - Characterisation of a Shock Tube for Blast Injury Studies

Supervisor: Dr. Bill Proud

Email: thuy-tien.nguyen08@imperial.ac.uk

A shock tube is a laboratory device which is able to generate well-defined pressure output of varying intensity and duration. The project aims to characterise mechanical features of the shock tube such as diaphragm breakage and pressure evolution, in the context of blast wave used in biomedical studies. This includes designing the diaphragms, employing high-speed photography, schlieren technique and pressure sensors, and conducting computational finite-element simulations.

The project takes place in the CBIS (Centre for Blast Injury Studies) laboratories. It is also in collaboration with other medical projects studying biological samples under blast conditions.

Publications & Conference Presentations:

• Modification of Shock Tube Using Granular Beds

    ICEM 2014, Cambridge

• Percolation of Gas and Attenuation of Shock Waves through Granular Beds and Perforated Sheets

    Talk, NTREM 2014, Pardubice

• A Shock Tube Adaptor for Blast Studies of Ex Vivo Tissue Models

ICILLS 2014, Cape Town

• Interaction Between Blast Wave and Reticulated Foam: Assessing the Potential for Auditory Protection Systems 

    Journal of Physics: Conference Series 500 (2014) 142005

• Controlling Blast Wave Generation in a Shock Tube for Biological Applications

Talk, APS-SCCM 2013, Seattle
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 500 (2014) 142025

• Controlling Blast Wave Generation in a Shock Tube for Biological Applications

   Poster, APS-SCCM 2013, Seattle

• Characterisation of a Shock Tube for Blast Injury Studies 

    Poster, PETER 2013, London