Influence of glass microballoons size on the detonation of nitromethane based mixtures

Detonation velocities and critical diameters of nitromethane (NM) based explosive mixtures sensitized by glass microballoons (GMBs) were measured. The control parameters of this experimental study were the nature and diameter of the confinement, the GMB size and their mass fraction.As GMB mass fraction is increased, the diameter effect curves (detonation velocity versus reciprocal charge diameter) become less and less dependent upon the confinement nature and size. Furthermore the shape of these curves, which for low concentration of GMBs is concave downward like that of heterogeneous explosive, tends to be straight like that of homogeneous explosives for larger GMB mass fractions.The critical diameter is found to be strongly dependent on GMB size and mass fraction. The mechanism of NM sensitization by GMBs is qualitatively analyzed and estimations of the effect of GMB concentration and size on the critical diameter of the mixtures agree with the experimental results.     

Propagation of nitromethane detonations in porous media

The characteristics of the propagation of a detonation in chemically sensitized nitromethane in a dense porous medium are investigated. By introducing liquid NM+15% (by weight) DETA into densely packed beds of solid spherical glass beads 66μm to 2.4 mm in diameter, a highly heterogeneous explosive mixture is obtained. The critical (i.e., failure) charge diameter of this mixture is systematically measured in unconfined charges over a wide range of bead sizes. Velocity measurements are also made for the various charges. It is found that there exists a critical bead size above which the critical diameter decreases with increasing bead size and below which it decreases with decreasing bead size. This result indicates an abrupt change in the mechanism of propagation at the critical bead size. Velocity measurements further support this by emphasizing the different behavior above and below the critical point.     

乳化炸药铁板凹槽弯曲装药的实验研究

用铁板凹槽装填乳化炸药,通过离子探针法测得不同装药截面积和不同装药曲率条件下乳化炸药 爆炸传播速度,分析弯曲装药条件下装药直径和装药曲率对爆轰波在乳化炸药中传播速度的影响。结果表 明,爆轰波传播速度随着装药直径的二次方和曲率半径的减小而线性衰减,当装药直径或曲率半径小到某一 临界值时其爆轰反应中止。通过大量实验数据计算得到乳化炸药特定曲率半径和装药直径条件下的爆轰波 传播速度计算的经验公式。     

Critical diameter of liquid explosives as a function of powder content

The dependence of the critical diameter (d*) of nitromethane (NM) on the content of aluminum, aluminum oxide, tungsten powders, carbon black, and talc and the dependence of the d* of tetranitromethane (TNM) on aluminum and aluminum oxide content have been experimentally investigated. The powder content was varied over'a wide range (0–75% by weight), as was the particle size. It was found that for NM mixtures the variation of d* is quite different from that for TNM. For powder particle sizes of 1–50 the d* of the NM mixtures decreases with increase in powder concentration. The minimum value of d* is ten times less than the value for pure NM. In TNM mixtures d* increases monotonically with the amount of powder. It is assumed that this behavior of the NM mixtures is associated with the inhomogeneous structure of the detonation front in NM, a consequence of the particular reaction kinetics characteristic of nitromethane.     

破片撞击起爆柱面带壳装药的临界速度修正判据

为获得适用于柱面带壳装药的冲击起爆修正判据,以Picatinny工程判据为基础加入修正项进行修正。采用AUTODYN-3D软件对破片撞击柱面带钢壳的B炸药进行数值计算,获得了破片入射角、装药曲率半径对炸药临界起爆速度的影响规律;通过拟合得到修正项表达式,建立了考虑破片入射角、柱壳装药形状函数的炸药起爆临界速度修正判据。判据计算值与实验数据和数值计算值吻合较好,该判据能较好的预测柱形带壳装药的冲击起爆条件。     

高浓度氩气稀释气体爆轰波临界管径和临界间距关系

建立圆管及环形管道系统研究临近极限下爆轰波在管道内传播失效机理。选用C₂H₂+2.5O₂+70%Ar气体,采用光纤探针测量爆轰波在管道内传播速度,用烟迹法记录管道内爆轰波胞格结构。结果表明:初始压力远大于爆轰极限压力时,爆轰波在管道内以稳定速度传播;随着初始压力的减小,爆轰波速度逐渐降低;当初始压力一定时,爆轰波速度随着管道尺寸的减小而逐渐减小;当初始压力达到临界压力时,爆轰波在进入到管道内后其速度会逐渐衰减直至爆轰波完全失效。对于不同几何尺寸的圆管与环管,通过引入无量纲参数d/λ及w /λ(d为圆管管径,w为环管间距,λ为爆轰胞格尺寸)得出,爆轰波在管道内传播的临界圆管直径为环形间距的2倍,与理论模型结果相吻合,验证了稳态气体基于爆轰波波面曲率的失效机理。     

杆式弹对厚壁壳体装药冲击起爆机制模拟分析

为研究高速杆式弹冲击厚壁壳体装药的起爆机制,运用冲击物理显式欧拉型动力学SPEED软件,开展了不同弹径和弹长的钨合金杆式弹与厚壁壳体Comp-B装药相互作用过程的数值模拟,采用升降法获得弹体起爆装药临界着速及装药起爆位置变化。研究结果表明:弹体起爆装药临界着速随弹径增大而显著降低,随弹长增大呈先降低后平缓变化的规律;弹体以临界着速起爆装药时,存在2种装药起爆机制,即弹体贯穿壳体后的宏观剪切起爆和未贯穿壳体的低速冲击起爆,且其机制随弹体着速在临界着速以上继续提高会发生转变,最终均会转变为高速冲击起爆机制;装药起爆位置均发生在炸药壳体交界面后一定距离处,相同机制下此距离随弹体着速提高而减小。     

研究爆速直径效应的爆轰冲击波动力学方法

利用爆轰冲击波动力学（ＤＳＤ）的广义几何光学模型，得到了圆杆药柱中拟定态二维爆轰波阵面形状的解析解。在两步反应模型假定下建立了ＤＳＤ的边界条件，用爆速亏损表示阵面上炸药未反应分数，就可得到渐近爆速与药柱直径的关系，即得到计算爆速直径效应的模型。本文模型的实际意义是利用直径效应已有的大量实验数据，给定ＤＳＤ方法所需要的、又难以实验测定的各种常用炸药的爆速曲率常数（ｄＤｎ／ｄ）０，以及渐近状态下爆轰波与药柱边界的夹角。     

The influence of detonation cell size and regularity on the propagation of gaseous detonations in granular materials

This paper presents results from an experimental study of transmission of gaseous detonation waves through various granular filters. Spherical glass beads of 4 and 8 mm diameter and crushed rock of 7.5 mm volume averaged diameter were used as filter material. Varying the initial pressure of the detonating gas mixture controlled the detonation cell size. Dilution with argon was used to vary the detonation cell regularity. The complete range from almost no detonation velocity deficit to complete extinction of the combustion wave was observed. The existing correlation for gaseous detonation velocity deficit where is the critical diameter for the gaseous detonation and is the pore size, is found to be applicable for both smooth spherical particles and irregular crushed rock when considering irregular detonation structures. Soot films and pressure measurements show that as the detonation cell size is increased, reinitiation of a reanular filter until it finally no longer occurs at . Complete extinction of the combustion wave occurs at . These two limits appear to be about the same for irregular and regular detonation cell structures. For irregular structures without argon dilution, can be found for detonation wave failure, and can be found for complete extinction of the combustion wave. For argon dilution these limits are changed to and , respectively. The data are a bit scarce as a basis for proposing a new correlation for regular structures, but as a first approximation log is suggested for regular structures. The detonation or combustion wave is found to approach a constant velocity in the granular filter if not extinguished. Received 31 October 2001 / Accepted 15 July 2002 Published online 4 November 2002 Correspondence to: T. Slungaard (e-mail: slung@maskin.ntnu.no) An abridged version of this paper was presented at the 18th Int. Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems at Seattle, USA, from July 29 to August 3, 2001     

Response of critical tube diameter phenomenon to small perturbations for gaseous detonations

In this experimental study, the critical tube diameter phenomenon of gaseous detonations is investigated in both stable and unstable mixtures with focus on the failure mechanism. It was previously postulated that in unstable mixtures, where the cellular detonation front is highly irregular, the failure is caused by the suppression of local re-initiation centers linked to the dynamics of instabilities. In stable mixtures, typically with high argon dilution, the detonation structure is very regular and the failure mode is attributed to the excessive curvature of the global front. In order to differentiate between these two failure mechanisms, flow perturbations are introduced by placing an obstacle resulting in a minimal blockage ratio of approximately 8 %. The obstacle is placed at the tube exit, before the detonation diffraction. Results show that the perturbations caused by the obstacle only have an effect on undiluted (i.e., unstable) mixtures, causing a decrease in the minimum initial pressure required for successful detonation transmission. This thus demonstrates that local hydrodynamic instabilities play an important role for the critical tube diameter phenomenon in undiluted, unstable mixtures. In contrast, the results for the stable, argon-diluted mixture exhibit little variation in critical initial pressure between the perturbed and unperturbed cases. This can be attributed to the minimal effect of the perturbations on global curvature for the emergent detonation wave. The geometry of the perturbation is also tested, while holding the blockage area constant, by varying the number and position of the obstacle(s). The results demonstrate that the transmission of a detonation is independent of the blockage geometry and is only a function of its imposed blockage area. Consequently, the change in required minimum pressure for transmission shows an identical behavior in unstable mixtures for different perturbation geometries while the transmission characteristics of the stable mixture remain unaffected.     

凝聚炸药的短脉冲冲击起爆

本文介绍了利用电炮研究两种凝聚炸药（TNT/RDX=35/65和PBH-9）的短脉冲冲击起爆的实验结果。炸药样品为直径20mm,长度分别为3.0、5.0、10.0mm的圆柱及楔形药块。在所研究的实验条件下,当药柱长度大于5.0mm时,两种炸药的起爆判据可用p?=常数描述。当药柱长度小于3.0mm时,撞击飞片的阈值速度明显增加。我们还观测了飞片直径对起爆阈值速度的影响,用楔形药块观测了不同加载条件下的到爆轰时间和距离。     

用光电技术测定爆轰参数

本文介绍了一种用光电技术同时测定爆速和爆温、爆压和爆温的方法。用光电比色技术测定炸药爆轰温度的同时,用两个爆轰面上爆轰的时间差计算爆轰波速度;或用透明介质中冲击波速度来反算炸药中的爆轰压力。方法原理可靠,技术简便。     

On the effect of grain size on shock sensitivity of heterogeneous high explosives

Analysis of available data on dependence of the critical detonation diameter of various heterogeneous condensed explosives on mean size of grains and voids demonstrated that in many cases surprising correlations between and the initial specific surface area of heterogeneous explosives exist, namely, or . The run distance to detonation in wedge test with sustained strong shock of constant amplitude also linearly correlates with , i.e. . At the same time, the shock sensitivity reversal effect is often observed when grain size of HE is reduced. Apart from that Moulard (1989) found that detonation critical diameter of plastic bonded explosive with mono- and bimodal RDX grain size distribution depends nonmonotonously on mean grain size. Complicated dependence of shock sensitivity of heterogeneous explosives on their specific surface area can be explained based on comparison of the critical hot spot size at given characteristic pressure behind shock wave with the mean heterogeneity size . At high characteristic pressure (relative to the critical ignition pressure) is small compared with and all specific surface area of heterogeneous explosive is available for the hot spot growth process in accordance with the grain burn concept. However, when characteristic pressure of shock wave decreases, increases and can become comparable with . In this case only relatively large potential hot spots with size can result in self-supported hot spot growth process and shock sensitivity is controlled by the specific surface area which corresponds to only larger heterogeneities and can be significantly smaller than initial specific surface area. Received 18 July 1996 / Accepted 6 November 1996     

On the origin of the double cellular structure of the detonation in gaseous nitromethane and its mixtures with oxygen

An experimental study of the detonation in gaseous nitromethane (NM) and nitromethane-oxygen mixtures has exhibited unambiguously the existence of a double cellular structure in the range of equivalence ratio from 1.3 to 1.75 (NM). Calculations of the reaction zone of the detonation in the same range of equivalence ratio, using a detailed chemical scheme in the ZND model, demonstrate that the chemical energy is released in two main successive distinct exothermic reaction steps characterized by their own induction length which justifies the existence of a two levels detonation cellular structure. This result strengthens the idea that the cellular detonation structure finds its origin in instabilities amplified by delayed local high energy release rate inside the reaction zone.Received: 2 February 2002, Accepted: 27 May 2004, Published online: 7 December 2004[/PUBLISHED]H.-N. Presles: Correspondence to     

Gaseous nitromethane and nitromethane-oxygen mixtures: A new detonation structure

Detonation in gaseous nitromethane (NM) and mixed with O₂ has been studied. Experiments were performed in a preheated steel tube at an initial temperatureT ₀∼=390 K for different initial pressuresP ₀ (1.7≥P ₀≥5 10⁻² bar). Different selfsustained detonation regimes were obtained, from multiheaded mode to spinning and galloping mode in marginal conditions. These chemical systems were characterized by a specific detonation cellular structure very different from that currently observed with classical gaseous C _n H _m /O₂/N₂ mixtures. All modes of detonation propagation in rich NM/O₂ mixtures exhibit a double scale cellular structure. The pattern of this double scale structure is particularly clear in the case of spinning mode. An abridged version of this paper was presented at the 15th Int. Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems at Boulder, Colorado, from July 30 to August 4, 1995     

Mach reflection parameters for plexiglas cylinders

The collapsing air gap method has been used to investigate the development and limiting parameters of the Mach reflection of a conical convergent shock in plexiglas cylinders arranged along the axis of a detonating explosive charge. The diameters of the cylindrical specimens varied from 15 to 100 mm. It is shown that on the stationary interval of development of the triple-shock configuration, where the velocity of the head wave is equal to the detonation velocity, there is a linear relationship between the diameter of the head wave, its radius of curvature, and the diameter of the cylinder.     

Effect of inhomogeneities in an explosive on the critical detonation diameter

The effect of inhomogeneities in an explosive on the critical detonation diameter is theoretically analyzed. On the assumption that the inhomogeneities are centers of the reaction behind the detonation front, a formula is obtained for determining the critical diameter as a function of the concentration and size of the inhomogeneities. It is shown that when the inhomogeneities are particles of an inert substance added to the explosive, the dependence of the critical diameter on the mass fraction and size of the inert particles may have a minimum. The results of the theoretical analysis are in qualitative agreement with the experimental data.In conclusion the author thanks R. Kh. Kurbangalina for formulating and discussing'the problem and L. N. Stesik for his useful remarks.     

Detonation in heterogeneous mixtures of liquids and particles

The mechanisms of detonation propagation in heterogeneous systems comprising closely packed particles and a liquid explosive are not fully understood. Recent experimental work has suggested the presence of two distinct modes of detonation propagation. One mode is valid for small particles (which is the regime we will address in this paper) with another mode for large particles. In this work we model numerically the detail of the wave interactions between the detonating liquid and the solid particles. The generic system of interest in our work is nitromethane and aluminium but our methodology can be applied to other liquids and particles. We have exercised our numerical models on the experiments described above. Our models can now qualitatively explain the observed variation in critical diameter with particle size. We also report some initial discrepancies in our predictions of wave speeds in nominally one dimensional experiments which can be explained by detailed modelling. We find that the complex wave interaction in the flow behind the leading shock in the detonating system of liquid and particles is characterised by at least two sonic points. The first is the standard CJ point in the reacting liquid. The second is a sonic point with respect to the sound speed in the inert material. This leads to a steady state zone in the flow behind the leading shock which is much longer than the reaction zone in the liquid alone. The width of this region scales linearly with particle size. Since the width of the subsonic region strongly influences the failure diameter we believe that this property of the flow is the origin of the observed increase in failure diameter with particle size for small inert particles. Received 3 December 1999 / Accepted 5 July 2000     

Aluminum Particles–air Detonation at Elevated Pressures

The effect of initial pressure on aluminum particles–air detonation was experimentally investigated in a 13 m long, 80 mm diameter tube for 100 nm and 2 μm spherical particles. While the 100 nm Al–air detonation propagates at 1 atm initial pressure in the tube, transition to the 2 μm aluminum–air detonation occurs only when the initial pressure is increased to 2.5 atm. The detonation wave manifests itself in a spinning wave structure. An increase in initial pressure increases the detonation sensitivity and reduces the detonation transition distance. Global analysis suggests that the tube diameter for single-head spinning detonation or characteristic detonation cell size would be proportional to (d ₀: aluminum particle size, p ₀: initial pressure). Its application to the experimental data results in m ~ O(1) and n ~ O(1) for 1 to 2 μm aluminum–air detonation, thus indicating a strong dependence on initial pressure and gas-phase kinetics for the aluminum reaction mechanism in detonation. Hence, combustion models based on the fuel droplet diffusion theory may not be adequate in describing micrometric aluminum–air detonation initiation, transition and propagation. For 2 μm aluminum–air mixtures at 2 atm initial pressure and below, experiments show a transition to a “dust quasi-detonation” that propagates quasi-steadily with a shock velocity deficit nearly 40% with respect to the theoretical C–J detonation value. The dust quasi- detonation wave can propagate in a tube with a diameter less than 0.4–0.5 times the diameter required for a spinning detonation wave.