Open AccessMultiphase CFD Simulation of Solid Propellant Combustion in a Small Gun Chamber
Author(s) -
Ahmed Bougamra,
Huilin Lu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1687-8078
pISSN - 1687-806X
DOI - 10.1155/2014/971808
Subject(s) - internal ballistics , muzzle velocity , propellant , projectile , chamber pressure , muzzle , mechanics , fluent , computational fluid dynamics , computer simulation , materials science , combustion chamber , process (computing) , combustion , simulation , aerospace engineering , nuclear engineering , engineering , physics , composite material , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , barrel (horology) , metallurgy , operating system
The interior ballistics simulations in 9 mm small gun chamber were conducted by implementing the process into the mixture multiphase model of Fluent V6.3 platform. The pressure of the combustion chamber, the velocity, and the travel of the projectile were investigated. The performance of the process, namely, the maximum pressure, the muzzle velocity, and the duration of the process was assessed. The calculation method is validated by the comparison of the numerical simulations results in the small gun with practical tests, and with lumped-parameter model results. In the current numerical study, both the characteristics and the performance of the interior ballistic process were reasonably predicted compared with the practical tests results. The impact of the weight charge on the interior ballistic performances was investigated. It has been found that the maximum pressure and the muzzle velocity increase with the increase of the charge weight
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