Numerical Modeling of Sympathetic Detonation

摘要

The sympathetic detonation of small cubes of solid rocket propellant was modeled numerically, using the Eulerian reactive hydrodynamic code 2DE with Forest Fire burn rates. The model was applied to cubes of 1 to 3 in., with excellent agreement between calculated and experimental results. The model also was applied to several propellants and to different experimental arrangements. The blast-wave pressures in the air gap and the induced shock pressures in the acceptor were obtained from the model. The correlation between these pressures was coupled with a study of the effect of the length-to-diameter ratio of a donor cylinder and the necessary conditions for detonation of the acceptor to provide a semiquantitative predictive capability. (ERA citation 05:012397)