Incorporation of a Chemical Kinetics Model for Composition B in a Parallel Finite-Element Algorithm

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Abstract

A thermal degradation model for Composition B (Comp B) explosive is being evaluated for incorporation into a finite-element algorithm [1]. The RDX component of Comp B dominates the thermal degradation since its decomposition process occurs at lower temperatures than TNT. The model assumes that solid and liquid RDX decompose by the same mechanisms, but along different reaction pathways [2, 3]. A steady-state approximation is applied to the gaseous intermediates and is compared to the full transient analysis for the entire reaction scheme. The parallel finite-element algorithm is used to predict the pressure increase on the interior of the metal casing of confined Comp B due to the production of gases during thermal decomposition. \\ \parindent=0pt \textbf{References} [1] E. M. Kallman, ``Scalable Cluster-Based Galerkin Analysis for Kinetics Models of Energetic Materials,'' SIAM CSE, March 2-6, 2009. [2] D. K. Zerkle, ``Composition B Decomposition and Ignition Model,'' 13th International Detonation Symposium, July 23-28, 2006. [3] J. M. Zucker, A. J. Barra, D. K. Zerkle, M. J. Kaneshige and P. M. Dickson, ``Thermal Decomposition Models for High Explosive Compositions,'' 14th APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, July 31-August 5, 2005.

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Authors

  • Elizabeth Kallman

    Ball Aerospace \& Technologies Corp.

  • J.P. Escobedo

    Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA, RFNC, All-Russia Research Institute of Experimental Physics, Sarov, Russia, University of Oxford, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, AWE, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute / SPring-8, Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Osaka University, Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Osaka University, University of Illinois, RAFAEL, P. O. Box 2250, Haifa, Israel, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel, LANL, Fracture and Shock Physics, SMF Group, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Ave., Cambridge, CB3 0HE, QinetiQ Ltd., Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 7BP, UK, ILE, Osaka University, SPring-8, Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CEA, LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, LLNL, Livermore, USA, LLE, Rocherster, USA, Graduate school of engineering, Osaka university, Suita, Osaka , Japan, LULI, Ecole polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, Georgia Institute of Technology, Shocks Unlimited, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratory, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Institute for Shock Physics, Washington State University, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, China, General Atomics, San Diego, CA, Fraunhofer Institute, Freiburg, Germany, LLNL, Harvard University, Corvid Technologies, IPCP RAS, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Physics of Materials and Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, QinetiQ, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Lab, Vanderbilt University, Laboratory for Shock Wave and Detonation Physics Research, Institute of Fluid Physics, Ioffe PTI RAS, Sandia National Laboratories, LCD-CNRS (UPR 9028), Institute for Shock Physics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2816, CEA/DAM/DIF F91297 Arpajon, France, Russian Academy of Science, The First Aeronautic Institute of the Air Force, NSWC Dahlgren Division, ICMM UB RAS, Saitama Inst. 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Sch. Sci. and Engn., Tokyo Inst. Tech., ILE, Osaka Univ., Center for Quantum Science and Technology under Extreme Conditions, Osaka Univ., Inst. for Study of The Earth's Interior, Okayama Univ., Grad. Sch. 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