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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2014.52.6.706

Maximum Pressure and the Blast Wave Analysis of a Amount of HMX  

Kwon, Hweeung (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei Univ.)
Tak, Kyongjae (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei Univ.)
Kim, Junghwan (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei Univ.)
Oh, Min (Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanbat Univ.)
Chae, Jooseung (The 4th R&D Institute-2, Agency for Defence Development)
Kim, Hyeonsoo (The 4th R&D Institute-2, Agency for Defence Development)
Moon, Il (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei Univ.)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.52, no.6, 2014 , pp. 706-712 More about this Journal
Abstract
Explosives are reactive material that contain a great amount of high potential energy. They produce detonation if released suddenly, accompanied by the production of strong light, high heat, great noise and high pressure. Damage at surrounding detonation point is affected by high pressure and blast wave for explosives detonation. Consequently, analysis of pressure and blast wave is very important. This study focuses on the analysis of maximum overpressure and blast wave of explosives for safety assurance. First of all, four cases of the amount of HMX were selected. Secondly, maximum pressure and blast wave were calculated through detonation simulation along with a set of TNT and HMX quantities. The peripheral effect of detonation point was analyzed by calculating overpressure and absolute velocity and considering detonation occurred in the center of geometry by HMX. Also, maximum overpressure and blast wave of HMX were compared to equivalent amount of TNT, which was taken as a base case and verified through theoretical HMX graph. This study contributes to the base case for overpressure and blast wave of complex gunpowder containing HMX.
Keywords
TNT; HMX; Detonation; Explosive; Blast Wave;
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