Simulations of Two Heavily Confined PBX 9502 Cook-off Experiments.
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Finite element models of two cook-off experiments were constructed using the Aria code.These experiments provided thermocouple measurements that were used as boundary conditions to carry out finite element (FE) simulations and comparisons of the FE thermal response with internal temperature measurements in the PBX 9502. These FE models contain a pressure dependent PBX 9502 thermal decomposition model developed by Hobbs’ et al.. Comparisons of the FE results and the experiments are presented. These comparisons assess the predictive capabilities of Hobbs’ model under the experimental conditions. Limiting cases of the PBX 9502 decomposition model are considered. Two parameterizations associated with the pressure dependency of the PBX 9502 decomposition model were carried out to fit the experiments using internal temperature measurements. Two inverse heat conduction problems were implemented to estimate temperatures as functions of time at locations on the outer surface of the PBX 9502. Thermocouple conduction error studies were carried out to assess the comparisons of the FE model thermal response with the experiments.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1425748
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-18-21834
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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