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A Reactive Flow Model with Coupled Reaction Kinetics for Detonation and Combustion in Non-Ideal Explosives

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A new reactive flow model for highly non-ideal explosives and propellants is presented. These compostions, which contain large amounts of metal, upon explosion have reaction kinetics that are characteristic of both fast detonation and slow metal combustion chemistry. A reaction model for these systems was incorporated into the two-dimensional, finite element, Lagrangian hydrodynamic code, DYNA2D. A description of how to determine the model parameters is given.

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Acknowledgments

The Author acknowledges the continued support of Dr. Judah Goldwasser, Program Officer for the ONR 6.2 Undersea Weaponry program. The Author particularly thanks Dr. Raafat Guirguis of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, White Oak Laboratory, for his help in modifing the DYNA2D hydrocode and for his originality of ideas upon which this paper is based.

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  1. Engineering Sciences Branch, Research and Technology Division, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA, 93555-6001, USA

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Miller, P.J. A Reactive Flow Model with Coupled Reaction Kinetics for Detonation and Combustion in Non-Ideal Explosives. MRS Online Proceedings Library 418, 413–420 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-418-413

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