CALCULATION OF DETONATION PARAMETERS WITH THE RUBY CODE,
Abstract
The RUBY high-speed computer code, obtained by NOL from the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, computes the detonation parameters of a given explosive from its chemical composition and known thermodynamic data. Preliminary computations have been carried out for TNT, PETN, and RDX, to examine the applicability of RUBY to problems of interest to NOL. In these computations the loading density, heat of formation of graphite, and the number of permitted gaseous products were varied. It was found that agreement with experimental values was good enough to warrant proceeding to further computations for explosives containing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen, using the conventional zero value for the heat of formation of graphite. It was also noted that within the range of loading densities studied the detonation parameters vary approximately linearly with loading density. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0615722
Entities
People
- Harold Hurwitz
Organizations
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory