Thermal Response of M55 Rockets to Pool Fires during Transit

Abstract

This report documents the thermal response of an M55 rocket to an accidental hydrocarbon fuel fire for three different modes of transportation: trailer truck, boxcar, and a CAMPACT shipping container loaded on a flatbed railcar. M55 rockets (containing chemical agent) are considered in their launch tubes, loaded in pallets, and shipped in various numbers of pallets simultaneously. Finite difference computer codes ONEDIM and SINDA are used to analyze one and two dimensional thermal response. Transient temperatures of each of the energetic materials in the rocket (propellant, igniter, burster, and agent) were computed. Keywords: Chemical munitions; Land transportation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA190439

Entities

People

  • Charles E. Anderson Jr.
  • Donald E. Ketchum

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Heat Transmission
  • Land Transportation
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Physical Properties
  • Risk Analysis
  • Rocket Engines
  • Tensile Strength
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.