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Detonation propagation for shock-driven, subsonic and supersonic confiner flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2019

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Carlos Chiquete  and
James J. Quirk
Mark Short*
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, NM 87545, USA
Carlos Chiquete
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, NM 87545, USA
James J. Quirk
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, NM 87545, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: short1@lanl.gov
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Abstract

We study the compressible flow dynamics of two-dimensional, steady detonation wave propagation in a high explosive (HE) confined by aluminium (Al) or stainless steel (SS), outside of which is an air layer. We examine how the thickness of the confinement affects the subsonic detonation driving zone structure (DDZ) and the detonation speed $(D_{0})$, demonstrating a strong dependence on whether the oblique shock-driven flow in the confiner is supersonic, as for SS, or subsonic, as for Al. A characteristic path analysis is used to examine the information flow from the material boundaries through the supersonic flow regions in both the HE and confiner that can impact the sonic surfaces bounding the subsonic flow regions. It is shown that the nature of gas-dynamic wave reflection off the SS–air or Al–air boundary can significantly influence the DDZ and $D_{0}$.

JFM classification

Compressible Flows: Detonation waves
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 885 , 25 February 2020 , A17
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© 2019 Cambridge University Press

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