Kinetics Based Reaction Modeling for Heterogeneous Explosives

The mechanical and chemical processes that occur in the explosives found in munitions systems are important to the entire life cycle of the system. Examples of these processes are found in the accidental detonation of weapons while in storage or transport, the premature initiation of a warhead during employment, and the destructive output from the system when functioned as designed. The complete range of possible processes encompasses a wide variety of chemical and mechanical phenomena and depending on the scenario, the dominant phenomenon changes. An essential tool for the design and analysis of these systems is a computational model that can predict a range of scenarios. It is such a tool that is the focus of this proposed effort.