2009•AIP conference proceedingsRequires access
MODELING LX-17 DETONATION GROWTH AND DECAY USING THE IGNITION AND GROWTH MODEL
Craig M. Tarver, Steven K. Chidester, Mark Elert, Michael D. Furnish, William W. Anderson, William G. Proud, William T. Butler
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Abstract
The previously established Ignition and Growth reactive flow model for the detonating triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) based plastic bonded explosive LX‐17 is applied to recent experimental detonation propagation/failure experiments using unconfined, Lucite confined, and copper confined cylinders. The model also simulates two corner turning experiments in which steel and Lucite act as boundary materials. Finally, the model is used to calculate a one‐inch diameter “Hockey Puck” test in which the booster explosive is HMX‐based rather than TATB‐based. Since the LX‐17 Ignition and Growth model parameters are normalized to a great deal of one‐, two‐ and three‐dimensional detonation propagation data, they accurately predict all of this new experimental detonation velocity and arrival time data.