Simulations of SITI Cookoff Experiments Carried Out with Different Lots of PBX 9502
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
A pressure dependent cookoff model for PBX 9502 was developed by Hobbs’ et. al. PBX 9502 is composed of 95% by mass triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) and a 5% by mass chlorotrifluoroethylene/vinylidine fluoride binder. The objective in this study is to implement this cookoff model in Aria to simulate Sandia Instrumented Thermal Ignition (SITI) experiments that were carried out with different manufacturing lots of PBX 9502. The SITI design consists of solid cylinders (1" diameter × 1" height) of insensitive high explosive (IHE) confined by a cylindrical aluminum case. An electric heater is wrapped around the lateral surface of the case. This heater produces a temperature heating ramp on the outer surface of the case. Internal thermocouples measure the IHE temperature rise from the center to locations close to the IHE-aluminum interface. The energetic material is heated until thermal ignition occurs. Pressure is measured with a static pressure transducer installed on top of the confinement case. Two–dimensional axisymmetric heat conduction finite element models were implemented to simulate these experiments using four options of the PBX 9502 cookoff model. In addition, the predictive ability of this thermal decomposition model is evaluated using Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) techniques.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1779662
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-21-24059
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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