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Validation of a Pressure Dependent PBX 9501 Cookoff Model

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1804308· OSTI ID:1804308
 [1];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
A pressure dependent cookoff model for PBX 9501 was developed. This cookoff model was implemented in the finite element (FE) heat transfer code Aria and was used to simulate a set of cookoff experiments. This set is called the Large Scale Annular Cookoff (LSAC) experiments. Three dimensional and axisymmetric heat conduction FE models were implemented to simulate these experiments. The predictive ability of the PBX 9501 pressure dependent cookoff model was evaluated using Latin Hypercube sampling (LHS). Predictions of the thermal times to ignition and temperatures are compared with the experiments.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1804308
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-21-25932
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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