Response mechanism: blast/fire interactions. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5303675

Kanury, A M

Hypotheses are formulated of the process of interaction between an airblast and fires supported by liquid fuels and wood cribs. A map of blast weakness versus fire strength is conceived on which the regime of fire extinction can be delineated from the regime where the fire sustains the blast. The fire strength is described for liquid fuels primarily by the heat of combustion; and for wood, it is mainly described by the preburn time. The concept is substantiated by the SRI shocktube data.

• Research Organization: Notre Dame Univ., IN (USA). Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• OSTI ID: 5303675
• Report Number(s): AD-A-136125/2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450200* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives
BLAST EFFECTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
DATA ACQUISITION
EXPLOSIONS
FIRES
FLAME PROPAGATION
FUELS
LIQUID FUELS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
OXIDATION
SHOCK TUBES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WOOD