TIGER Computer Program Documentation

Abstract

TIGER is a digital computer program written in FORTRAN IV for calculating the thermodynamic state attained in a heterogeneous system of known atomic composition containing gases, liquids, and solids with arbitrary equations of state. This volume contains the theoretical basis of the TIGER code and its application to the calculation of the properties of detonating condensed explosives. The equations used by Brinkley to calculate the thermodynamic state in a nonideal heterogeneous system of known atomic composition in chemical equilibrium are derived and extended to treat such systems in partial equilibrium. A brief discussion of the Chapman-Jouget (CJ) theory of detonation is followed by an account of the methods used to compute conditions in the CJ wave and the properties of the detonation products along Hugoniot curves and isentropes. The presentation in this volume will be of interest primarily to the reader concerned with understanding the theoretical background of the code rather than to the user of the program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA002791

Entities

People

  • M. Cowperthwaite
  • W. H. Zwisler

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Equilibrium
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations Of State
  • Explosives
  • Free Energy
  • Heat Capacity
  • Hugoniot Equations
  • Nanofibers
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Specific Heat
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Thermodynamics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Computer Science.