A new computer code to evaluate detonation performance of high explosives and their thermochemical properties, part I

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1218-1228

  Keshavarz, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Motamedoshariati, Hadi ^a   Moghayadnia, Reza ^a   Nazari, Hamid Reza ^a   Azarniamehraban, Jamshid ^a  

^a MALEK ASHTAR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Computer code; Energetic material; Performance; Safety; Thermochemical property

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIZED EXPLOSIVES; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; COMPLEX CODES; COMPUTER CODES; DETONATION PRESSURE; ENERGETIC MATERIAL; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; IDEAL BEHAVIOR; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; THERMOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; VELOCITY OF DETONATION; VISUAL BASIC;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; NITRATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

DETONATION;

ALUMINUM; EXPLOSIVE;

ENERGETICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOFTWARE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ADIABATICITY; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; NITRITES; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 71749088932     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.07.128     Document Type: Article

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