A Computational Study of Detonation of Propagation in PBX-9404 Using CTH and LASmerf Codes

Abstract

For many years, the researchers at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have been using CTH hydrocode and its History Variable Reactive Burn (HVRB) model to study the reactive behavior of various granular and non-granular explosives. Recently, we acquired another code (LASmerf) to study the response of the munitions. A computational study was undertaken to compare the results from these two codes, A comparison of the computational results will be presented in this paper. Also, a brief description, advantages, and disadvantages of each code will be discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADP023728

Entities

People

  • William Lawrence

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Gaps
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Forest Fires
  • High Explosives
  • High Performance Computing
  • Inert Materials
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Payload
  • Shock Waves
  • Simulations
  • Sympathetic Detonations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Systems Analysis and Design