DETONATION PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS USING THE KISTIAKOWSKY-WILSON EQUATION OF STATE
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4022395
The Kistiakowsky--Wilson equation of state as modified by Cowan and Fickett was used to estimate the detonation performance of explosives composed of various combinations of the elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, boron, aluminum, oxygen, and fluorine. The computed velocities, pressures, and temperatures are compared with the available experimental detonation velocities, Chapman-Jouguet pressures and brightness temperatures. Over a wide range of density and composition, the computed and experimental pressures and temperatures agree to within 20%, the detonation velocities to within 10%. The interrelationships between temperature, pressure, and the particle density of the C-J products as predicted by the Kistiakowsky-Wilson equation of state are discussed. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-017395
- OSTI ID:
- 4022395
- Report Number(s):
- LA-2613; TID-12499
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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