CALCULATION OF CRITICAL TEMPERATURE AND TIME-TO-EXPLOSION FOR PROPELLANTS AND EXPLOSIVES

Abstract

The solutions available in the literature for the critical temperature of various geometric shapes and boundary conditions are gathered together, and a nomograph is presented, which greatly facilitates numerical calculation of the critical temperature for specific cases. Nomographs are also presented for the numerical calculation of the time required to cause explosion in the event the temperature at the surface of an object is held at a temperature greater than critical.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0264747

Entities

People

  • P. A. Longwell

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Construction
  • Critical Temperature
  • Decomposition
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Explosive Warheads
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Propellants
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.