Dynamic Model of Water Deluge System for Propellant Fires.

Abstract

Since the conventional water deluge system is ineffective in extinguishing propellant/explosive fires, a program was undertaken to develop a deluge system able to withstand the pressures involved in a propellant or explosive fire and to extinguish it before a detonation or extreme hazard occurs. Testing a full-scale water deluge system is costly; therefore, a model law was developed in order to test scaled-down systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA071457

Entities

People

  • Joseph P. Caltagirone

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detonations
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Explosives
  • Fire Hazards
  • Fires
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Hazards
  • Models
  • Propellants
  • Scale Models
  • Simultaneous Equations
  • Water Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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