INSTABILITY AND DISRUPTION OF PRECISION CUMULATION OF CAVITIES AND MASS FLOWS IN THE FIELD OF GRAVITATIONAL AND INERTIAL FORCES AND OTHER DIPOLE PERTURBATIONS

The effect of gravitational and inertial forces on the precision cumul ation of cavities, fast mass flows, and detonation and shock waves is studied in stages. The possible effects of these forces on the motion of masses and waves (the velocity, direction and structure of the wave s can change) and on the properties of the medium in front of the wave s that influence the change in the parameters and refraction of the wa ves are noted. It is shown that it is advantageous to perform precisio n cumulation experiments in zero-gravity. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.