Relationship between pressure and reaction violence in thermal explosions

Smilowitz, Laura Beth; Henson, Bryan Fayne; Rodriguez, George; Remelius, Dennis Keith; Baca, Eva V.; Oschwald, David M.; Suvorova, Natalya Alexandra

doi:10.1063/1.4971533

Title: Relationship between pressure and reaction violence in thermal explosions

Abstract

Reaction violence of a thermal explosion is determined by the energy release rate of the explosive and the coupling of that energy to the case and surroundings. For the HMX and TATB based secondary high explosives studied, we have observed that temperature controls the time to explosion and pressure controls the final energy release rate subsequent to ignition. Pressure measurements in the thermal explosion regime have been notoriously difficult to make due to the extreme rise in temperature which is also occurring during a thermal explosion. We have utilized several different pressure measurement techniques for several different secondary high explosives. These techniques include commercially available piezoelectric and piezoresistive sensors which we have utilized in the low pressure (sub 30 MPa) range of PBX 9502 thermal explosions, and fiber Bragg grating sensors for the higher pressure range (up to GPa) for PBX9501 experiments. In this talk, we will compare the measurement techniques and discuss the pressures measured for the different formulations studied. Simultaneous x-ray radiography measurements of burn velocity will also be shown and correlations between pressure, burn velocity, and reaction violence will be discussed.

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^[1]; Baca, Eva V. ^[1]; Oschwald, David M. ^[1]; Suvorova, Natalya Alexandra ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1601381

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-25411
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: US2103631

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: AIP Conference Proceedings

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1793; Conference: 19.Biennial Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (SCCM-2015), Tampa Bay, FL (United States), 14-19 Jun 2015; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; thermal explosion; Fiber optic devices; Piezoresistance; Piezoelectricity; Radiography; Explosives

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                    Smilowitz, Laura Beth, Henson, Bryan Fayne, Rodriguez, George, Remelius, Dennis Keith, Baca, Eva V., Oschwald, David M., and Suvorova, Natalya Alexandra. Relationship between pressure and reaction violence in thermal explosions.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Smilowitz, Laura Beth, Henson, Bryan Fayne, Rodriguez, George, Remelius, Dennis Keith, Baca, Eva V., Oschwald, David M., & Suvorova, Natalya Alexandra. Relationship between pressure and reaction violence in thermal explosions.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4971533

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                    Smilowitz, Laura Beth, Henson, Bryan Fayne, Rodriguez, George, Remelius, Dennis Keith, Baca, Eva V., Oschwald, David M., and Suvorova, Natalya Alexandra. Fri .  
"Relationship between pressure and reaction violence in thermal explosions".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4971533.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1601381.

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  title        = {Relationship between pressure and reaction violence in thermal explosions},

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  abstractNote = {Reaction violence of a thermal explosion is determined by the energy release rate of the explosive and the coupling of that energy to the case and surroundings. For the HMX and TATB based secondary high explosives studied, we have observed that temperature controls the time to explosion and pressure controls the final energy release rate subsequent to ignition. Pressure measurements in the thermal explosion regime have been notoriously difficult to make due to the extreme rise in temperature which is also occurring during a thermal explosion. We have utilized several different pressure measurement techniques for several different secondary high explosives. These techniques include commercially available piezoelectric and piezoresistive sensors which we have utilized in the low pressure (sub 30 MPa) range of PBX 9502 thermal explosions, and fiber Bragg grating sensors for the higher pressure range (up to GPa) for PBX9501 experiments. In this talk, we will compare the measurement techniques and discuss the pressures measured for the different formulations studied. Simultaneous x-ray radiography measurements of burn velocity will also be shown and correlations between pressure, burn velocity, and reaction violence will be discussed.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4971533},

  journal      = {AIP Conference Proceedings},

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