Steady 2D Detonations and the DSD Theory

Abstract

In the framework of the simplest DSD theory we obtained ODEs describing steady 2D detonation front shapes for slab, cylinder, and rib geometries. It was found that one solution (a steady detonation front shape) corresponds to several combinations of the confinement material and the defining charge dimension (slab thickness, cylinder radius, or inner rib radius). Comparing experimental data for these combinations and analyzing the shape difference at the edge provide information on the D(κ) relation at low D. The analysis of the data on IHE ribs detonation indicates that as D decreases total curvature κ tends to a limit of about 0.1 mm -1 , i.e., double the reciprocal critical diameter. This correction makes the DSD theory consistent with the experimental critical diameter.