Thermal explosion model and calculation of sphere fireworks and crackers

Haiying Liu, Xinming Qian*, Zhiming Du, Ping Huang, Zhenyi Liu

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Abstract

In order to analyze thermal safety of fireworks and crackers, thermal explosion models of three kinds of sphere fireworks and crackers with different structures are achieved on the basis of thermal explosion theory, and thermal resistance of shell and effective Biot number are deduced as for boundary conditions. Two models are calculated with target-shooting method in Matlab program, and the rationality is proved through comparison of numerical solution and classical solution. Meanwhile, calculation steps are shown about a type of firework. The study has a great significance to thermal safety analysis of fireworks and crackers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1029-1036
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
Volume110
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2012

Keywords

  • Fireworks and crackers
  • Sphere
  • Target-shooting method
  • Thermal explosion model

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