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A model for the deflagration of nitramines

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6939023
A simplified theoretical model is developed for describing the flame structure and deflagration velocity of steady, planar, adiabatic combustion of nitramines. The model involves exothermic decomposition in a liquid layer, equilibrium vaporization and exothermic combustion in the gas. Judicious selection of energetic and rate parameters on the basis of available experimental information resulted in reasonable agreement between predicted and measured burning rates and pressure and temperature sensitivities.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
6939023
Report Number(s):
SAND-86-8230; ON: DE87003596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English