Experimental study of two types of stripping breakup of the drop in the flow behind the shock wave

Results of an experimental study of two regimes of stripping breakup of low-viscosity liquid drops in the flow behind the shock wave in the range of Weber numbers from 200 to 8000 are reported. A phenomenological pattern of drop breakup is constructed on the basis of data on drop deformation and on the flow around the drop. A physical criterion of the change in stripping mechanisms of drop breakup is formulated.