A logic model for cook-off phenomenology in high explosives
- Stephen W.
- Terrence F.
- Brian P.
Logic models are valuable tools in the development of predictive models for complex physical processes. The use of deductive logic in the form of a possibility tree makes it straightforward to develop a comprehensive set of unique, alternative paths that describe the system. We demonstrate the power of this approach for the complex process of cook-off of high explosives (HE). The possibility tree describes the causal paths from heating HE to the alternative end states. One of these end states is a violent reaction. Conversion of the tree to the equivalent digraph yields a valuable visualization tool for examining the relationships between sub-processes and provides a sound framework for the development of analytical models.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 976602
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-03-2483; TRN: US201017%%748
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Submitted to: 21st International Systems Safety Conference, August 3-7, 2003, Ottawa, Canada
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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