On calibrating reaction rate laws using detonation shock dynamics
Publish date: 2001-01-01
Report number: FOI-R--0151--SE
Pages: 14
Written in: English
Abstract
A computer code has been developed that solves the flow equations in the reaction zone between the leading shock front and the sonic plane for a detonating high explosive. The code is based on the Detonation Shock Dynamic theory, which is valid for weakly curved self-sustained detonations. From measured relations between the detonation velocity and shock curvature, a reaction rate law can be calibrated in an efficient way.