Heat Flow Calculations for the Small-Scale Cookoff Bomb Test

Abstract

This report describes the temperature distribution within the Small- scale Cookoff Bomb(SCB) test apparatus from both an experimental and theoretical perspective. The two-dimensional finite difference computer code HEAT is used to predict temperature-time profiles at specified positions within an inert filled SCB. These predictions are then compared with temperatures obtained from thermocouple measurements made on the test apparatus. The general agreement is good and justifies the continued application of HEAT to the SCB. Some suggestions for further modifications to HEAT are made which would increase the accuracy of the calculation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA236829

Entities

People

  • D. A. Jones
  • R. P. Parker

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Boundaries
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Conductivity
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Explosives
  • Heat Loss
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transmission
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Simulations
  • Specific Heat
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermocouples

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.