Investigation of Low-Velocity Detonation Phenomena in Liquid Propellants, Fuels, and Explosives

Abstract

Theoretical and experimental studies were performed to obtain fundamental understanding of initiation and propagation of low-velocity detonation (LVD) in confined energetic liquids. LVD was modeled as a reactive shock propagation in a liquid cavitated by interactions with the container wall. Reaction required to support the wave in this cavitation model is initiated by bubble collapse in the compressed cavitation field. Methods of calculating LVD parameters were formulated with the hydrothermodynamics of the cavitation model, and a complete equation of state for nitromethane was introduced into the TIGER code to permit detonation calculations for incomplete reaction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0748438

Entities

People

  • David C. Erlich
  • David C. Wooten
  • Michael Cowperthwaite

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Energy
  • Equations Of State
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Ideal Gas Law
  • Ignition
  • Liquid Explosives
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Mass Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Stress Waves
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.