Computer Simulation of the Thermal Effects on a Concentric Canister Missile Launcher with a Fire in an Adjacent Compartment

Abstract

The thermal effects in the Concentric Canister 'missile' Launcher (CCL) due to a fire in an adjacent compartment are simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). A commercial code developed by CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC) was used to implement the process. This study developed a model for the center section of the A-module, placed in the forward missile launcher of the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyer. Two fire scenerios are applied to the aft bulkhead of the launcher. The first fire scenerio is indicative of the high temperature fire caused by unburned Exocet missile propellant experienced by the USS STARK (FFG-31) in the Arabian Gulf. The second fire scenerio applied to the model simulates the conditions caused by a ruptured shipboard F-76 diesel fuel tank, due to a collision at sea. The fire scenerios are used to predict the time and location of the critical cook off temperatures of the missile's solid and liquid fuel propellants in the CCL.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA337018

Entities

People

  • Gary L. Null

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulkheads
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Corporations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fuels
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Temperature
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Propellants
  • Ships
  • Solid Propellants
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Uss Arleigh Burke

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • ballistics.