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Equations for Predicting Cookoff Ignition Temperatures, heating times, and violence
Author(s) -
Victor Andrew C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.19970220202
Subject(s) - ignition system , autoignition temperature , ammunition , simple (philosophy) , a priori and a posteriori , range (aeronautics) , computer science , mathematics , mechanics , statistical physics , simulation , thermodynamics , materials science , engineering , physics , aerospace engineering , philosophy , epistemology , metallurgy
Abstract This paper presents a simple closed‐form equation that can be used to predict autoignition behavior of energetic materials (EM) over a very wide range of heating rates. In many situations, this equation can be used in place of computer‐based numerical methods to calculate munition cookoff ignition temperatures and heating times. A simple model for predicting the violence of slow cookoff reactions that is also presented, matches small‐scale test data and demonstrates the elements that must be present in an a priori formulation of the problem.