Realistic heat capacity effects in two phase aluminum dust detonations

Honghui Teng*, Yang Yang, Zonglin Jiang

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Abstract

Two phase detonations of aluminum dust are simulated in a multi-fluid model to study particle energy calculation methods. In previous studies heat capacities of solid particles are constants, while realistic heat capacities change with temperature. In this simulation, effects of realistic heat capacities are studied. Numerical results show that detonation parameters are influenced significantly. The results with realistic capacities are close to experiments, while the results with fixed capacities overestimate pressure and detonation velocity. In detonation initiation, run-up distance is mainly decide by ignition energy, while realistic effect makes the distance shorter than that in the fixed heat capacity case.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)44-52
Number of pages9
JournalJisuan Wuli/Chinese Journal of Computational Physics
Volume30
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Aluminum dust
  • Detonation
  • Gas-solid two phase
  • Heat capacity

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