COMPUTATION OF GASEOUS DETONATION PARAMETERS

Abstract

This report describes the development of a method programmed for a digital computer to evaluate one dimensional detonation parameters in gaseous media. The calculations are based on the assumptions that the mixture is comprised of ideal gas constituents and that the wave process is governed by equilibrium end conditions. Details of the analytical method of solution are presented including the IBM 7090 computer program, described in Fortran language. Sample input and output data with instructions for preparing the input data are given. Finally, computations are performed for a number of hydrogen-oxygen mixtures from H2+O2 to 3H2+O2 at several initial conditions covering a range in pressure from 0.1 to 760 mm Hg and in temperatures from -180 to +200F and a comparison is made with calculations of other investigators for a stoichiometric mixture initially at NTP.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0607380

Entities

People

  • A. J. Laderman
  • A. K. Oppenheim
  • C. W. Busch

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detonations
  • Digital Computers
  • Entropy
  • Equations
  • Free Energy
  • Hugoniot Equations
  • Hydrogen
  • Ideal Gas Law
  • Mach Number
  • Molecular Weight
  • Shock Waves
  • Thermodynamic Properties

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Computer Science.
  • Systems Analysis and Design