Generation of Space Debris from Explosion of Spacecrafts' Fuel Tanks

Abstract

The possible scenario of development of chemical explosion inside a closed vessel resulting in a breakup of the vessel were described in Preliminary report no 1 (not included). It was shown there that the type of breakup, the number and velocities of fragments are determined by the rates of energy release and wall pressure evolution inside the vessel. The results of breakup - mass and velocity distributions of fragments would differ greatly depending on the combustion process inside the vessel: deflagration, detonation to detonation transition (DDT)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA286943

Entities

People

  • Nickolay Smirnov

Organizations

  • Moscow State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Detonation Waves
  • Elastic Properties
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Internal Pressure
  • Materials
  • Models
  • Physical Properties
  • Shock Waves
  • Specific Heat
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Orbital Debris