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A reaction progress variable modeling approach for non-ideal explosives

  • K. P. Ruggirello
  • , P. E. DesJardin
  • , M. R. Baer
  • , M. J. Kaneshige
  • , E. S. Hertel
  • SUNY Buffalo
  • Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico

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Abstract

A multiphase mixture fraction based reaction progress variable formulation for aluminum particle combustion is presented. The aluminum combustion model is based on previous work1,2 and extended to a reaction progress variable approach to model the postdetonation combustion of non-ideal explosives. The reaction progress variable formulation allows group combustion behavior for several particles burning in a fuel rich region of the flow to be modeled. Isolated single particle cases are validated against experimental and other numerical results. The new models are implemented in the CTH shock physics code,3 and comparisons are made to experimental data for a thermobaric charge.

Original languageEnglish
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition - Nashville, TN, United States
Duration: Jan 9 2012Jan 12 2012

Conference

Conference50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNashville, TN
Period01/9/1201/12/12

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