Thermal degradation of two liquid fuels and detonation tests for pulse detonation engine studies

The use of liquid fuels such as kerosene is of interest for the pulse detonation engine (PDE). Within this context, the aim of this work, which is a preliminary study, was to show the feasibility to initiate a detonation in air with liquid-fuel pyrolysis products, using energies and dimensions of test facility similars to those of PDEs. Therefore, two liquids fuels have been compared, JP10, which is a synthesis fuel generally used in the field of missile applications, and decane, which is one of the major components of standard kerosenes (F-34, Jet A1, ...). The thermal degradation of these fuels was studied with two pyrolysis processes, a batch reactor and a flow reactor. The temperatures varied from 600°C to 1,000°C and residence times for the batch reactor and the flow reactor were, respectively, between 10–30 s and 0.1–2 s. Subsequently, the detonability of synthetic gaseous mixtures, which was a schematisation of the decomposition state after the pyrolysis process, has been studied. The detonability study, regarding nitrogen dilution and equivalence ratio, was investigated in a 50 mm-diameter, 2.5 m-long detonation tube. These dimensions are compatible with applications in the aircraft industry and, more particularly, in PDEs. Therefore, JP10 and decane were compared to choose the best candidate for liquid-fuel PDE studies. This paper was based on work that was presented at the 20th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Montreal, Canada, July 31 – August 5, 2005.     

闪光Ⅰ号应用于X射线爆轰照相——研究金属射流的穿甲效应

闪光X射线照相技术是研究动载荷及其效应的重要测试手段,特别适用于研究物质在爆炸作用下的瞬变过程,本文介绍了闪光Ⅰ号加速器应用于X射线爆轰照相的基本状况,以及用于观察金属射流穿过高密度物质钨靶的实验技术。     

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Energetic Solids

A continuing objective in the area of energetic materials is to reduce sensitivity toward impact and shock. One approach is to develop a better understanding of how factors related to the crystal lattice, e.g., defects, influence the initiation and propagation of detonation. Molecular dynamics is a useful tool for this purpose. This paper presents an overview of molecular dynamics treatments of energetic solids. Some of these have simulated initiation and propagation in idealized systems; others have focused on developing a satisfactory procedure for describing molecular crystals of practical significance. Our emphasis in this discussion is on the progress that has been made along the second lines.     

Intrinsic infrared absorption for carbon–fluorine bonding in fluorinated nanodiamond

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Variation of physicochemical properties in the aggregates of structual isomers

The regions of variation of density, enthalpy of formation, and detonation velocity of all of the formally possible structual isomers were determined for several molecular formulas of C,H,N,O-containing explosives. The histograms of the distribution of the structual isomers over these parameters were constructed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 859–862, May, 1995.The authors are grateful to Mrs. I. D. Solodukhina for the design of the graphical material.The work was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 94-03-09323).     

爆轰试验中高速摄影控制及闪光装置改进

研究爆轰试验高速摄影中,闪光灯和摄影机快门失灵引起试验失败问题,提出对试验操控装置和闪光灯电源改进措施。首先,在实验操控上增加防止仅雷管起爆的逻辑控制,并采用集中控制,分布检测设计;其次,在闪光氙灯电源中,采用伪火花开关和多节LC（电感-电容）脉冲形成线技术,解决氙灯存在的自闪、不引燃和光强不均。此外,还解决了装置研制中遇到的电磁干扰、同步引燃等问题。通过改进,有效地防止了爆轰试验中高速摄影光学影像丢失情况和底片曝光不均匀现象,介绍了主要元件、线路和系统、实验结果及研制过程。     

含能材料的密度、爆速、爆压和静电感度的理论研究

用密度泛函理论(DFT) B3LYP方法, 在6-31G*基组水平下, 全优化计算了系列硝胺类和硝基芳烃类爆炸物的几何构型, 用Monte-Carlo方法和自编程序, 基于0.001 e•bohr^－3等电子密度面所包围的体积空间求得分子平均摩尔体积(V)和理论密度(ρ). 用Kamlet-Jacobs方程基于理论密度(ρ)和PM3计算生成焓(ΔH_f)估算标题物的爆速(D)和爆压(p), 发现多环硝胺类化合物的爆轰性能优于芳烃硝基类化合物, 故此, 在寻求高能量密度材料(HEDM)时, 我们应特别关注多环硝胺化合物. 与ρ和D文献值比较, 表明本理论计算方法和结果是适用可靠的. 将爆速(D)和爆压(p)计算值与静电感度实验值(E_ES)进行比较和关联, 发现: 若对化合物进行细致分类讨论, 则它们之间存在较好的线性关系. 据此建议, 在含能材料分子设计中, 可通过理论计算爆轰性质(D或p)去预估难以定量求得或尚未合成的含能材料的静电火花感度值(E_ES). 此外, 我们还讨论了取代基对ρ, D和p的影响, 也有助于分子设计.     

气相爆轰波数值模拟中化学反应模型研究

 基于改进的时 空守恒元解元算法对气相爆轰波数值模拟中3种常用化学反应模型(二步模型,基元反应模型和Sichel的二步模型)进行了考察。对平面爆轰波和具有胞格结构的爆轰波进行了数值模拟,并对数值结果进行了比较和讨论。结果表明3种化学反应模型得到的爆轰参数准确性有所差异,但得到的胞格结构均能和实验结果较好吻合。3种化学反应模型在爆轰波数值模拟中各有优缺点,应视具体问题决定使用哪种化学反应模型。     

Irradiation of detonation nanodiamonds with γ-rays does not produce long living spin radicals

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Growth characteristics of spherical titanium oxide nanoparticles during the rapid gaseous detonation reaction

The nanosize grain growth characteristics of spherical single-crystal titanium oxide (TiO₂) during the rapid gaseous detonation reaction are discussed. Based on the experimental conditions and the Chapman–Jouguet theory, the Kruis model was introduced to simulate the growth characteristics of spherical TiO₂ nanoparticles obtained under high pressure, high temperature and by rapid reaction. The results show that the numerical analysis can satisfactorily predict the growth characteristics of spherical TiO₂ nanoparticles with diameters of 15–300 nm at different affecting factors, such as concentration of particles, reaction temperature and time, which are in agreement with the obtained experimental results. We found that the increase of the gas-phase reaction temperature, time, and particle concentration affects the growth tendency of spherical nanocrystal TiO₂, which provides effective theoretical support for the controllable synthesis of multi-scale nanoparticles.