Towards a predictive thermal explosion model for energetic materials

Journal of Computer-Aided Materials Design

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-189

  Yoh, Jack J ^a   Mcclelland, Matthew A ^a   Maienschein, Jon L ^a   Wardell, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrarily Lagrangian Eulerian; Cookoff; Deflag; High explosive modeling; Multi materials; PBXN 109; Variable mass scaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIONS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARBITRARILY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; COOKOFF; DEFLAGRATION; HIGH EXPLOSIVE MODELING; MULTI-MATERIALS; PBXN-109; VARIABLE MASS SCALING;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 19744383547     PISSN: 09281045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10820-005-1750-z     Document Type: Review

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