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Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves

2015 year, number 6

Convective Combustion in the Slot of an Explosive Charge

L. A. Andreevskikh, S. A. Vakhmistrov, D. A. Pronin, E. V. Khaldeev, Yu. V. Sheikov
Institute of Experimental Physics, Sarov, 607190 Russia
postmaster@ifv.vniief.ru
Keywords: взрывчатое вещество, конвективное горение, термораспад, манометрическая бомба, заряд, детонация, explosive, convective combustion, thermal decomposition, constant-volume chamber, charge, detonation

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study of the transition from layer-by-layer to convective combustion and to explosion for charges of advanced high-density explosives in a constant-volume chamber at a pressure of up to ≈60 MPa. Approximation of the results of the experiments with good correlation revealed a common parameter for explosives that characterizes the kinetics of convective combustion and made it possible to rank explosives according to their capability of transition from combustion to explosion. The results can be useful for computational modeling of explosion under accidental heating conditions.