Kinetics Based Reaction Modeling for Heterogeneous Explosives

Abstract

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing this collection of information. SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S)Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL-RW-EG Munitions Directorate AFRL/RWAC SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORTEglin AFB, FL 32542-6810 NUMBER(S) AFRL-RW-EG-TR-2007-7130 DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENTDISTRIBUTION A: For public release; distribution unlimited. AAC/PA Approval and Clearance # 11-06-07-630, dated 6 November, 2007 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ABSTRACTThe mechanical and chemical processes that occur in the explosives found in munitions systems are important to the entire life cycle of the system. Examples of these processes are found in the accidental detonation of weapons while in storage or transport, the premature initiation of a warhead during employment, and the destructive output from the system when functioned as designed. The complete range of possible processes encompasses a wide variety of chemical and mechanical phenomena and depending on the scenario, the dominant phenomenon changes. An essential tool for the design and analysis of these systems is a computational model that can predict a range of scenarios. It is such a tool that is the focus of this proposed effort.