Journal article
High-resolution simulations of cylindrical void collapse in energetic materials: Effect of primary and secondary collapse on initiation thresholds
Physical review fluids, Vol.2(4), 043202
04/2017
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.043202
Abstract
Void collapse in energetic materials leads to hot spot formation and enhanced sensitivity. Much recent work has been directed towards simulation of collapse-generated reactive hot spots. The resolution of voids in calculations to date has varied as have the resulting predictions of hot spot intensity. Here we determine the required resolution for reliable cylindrical void collapse calculations leading to initiation of chemical reactions. High-resolution simulations of collapse provide new insights into the mechanism of hot spot generation. It is found that initiation can occur in two different modes depending on the loading intensity: Either the initiation occurs due to jet impact at the first collapse instant or it can occur at secondary lobes at the periphery of the collapsed void. A key observation is that secondary lobe collapse leads to large local temperatures that initiate reactions. This is due to a combination of a strong blast wave from the site of primary void collapse and strong colliding jets and vortical flows generated during the collapse of the secondary lobes. The secondary lobe collapse results in a significant lowering of the predicted threshold for ignition of the energetic material. The results suggest that mesoscale simulations of void fields may suffer from significant uncertainty in threshold predictions because unresolved calculations cannot capture the secondary lobe collapse phenomenon. The implications of this uncertainty for mesoscale simulations are discussed in this paper.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- High-resolution simulations of cylindrical void collapse in energetic materials: Effect of primary and secondary collapse on initiation thresholds
- Creators
- Nirmal Kumar RaiMartin J SchmidtH. S Udaykumar
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physical review fluids, Vol.2(4), 043202
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.043202
- ISSN
- 2469-990X
- eISSN
- 2469-990X
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000181, name: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2017
- Academic Unit
- IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering; Injury Prevention Research Center; Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984121871002771
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