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Thermal-mechanical model of deflagration-to-detonation in granular energetic materials

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6750918

In this work we present a multiphase, reactive flow model, based on the theory of mixtures and utilize it to describe deflagration-to-detonation transition in granular explosives and propellants. This nonequilibrium model treats each phase as fully compressible and incorporates a dynamic compaction model for the granular reactant. Formulation of the constitutive models include a pressure-dependent burn rate and experimentally-determined porous bed permeability. Numerical solutions of the one-dimensional Eulerian equations are obtained using an implicit method-of-lines solver. The model has examined two explosives: CP and HMX. Predictions with this model agree well with existing experimental observations and demonstrate that a thermodynamically-consistent multiphase model can describe the flame-spread processes of convective burning, compressive burning and detonation.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
6750918
Report Number(s):
SAND-84-0282C; CONF-8406136-1; ON: DE84012809
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English