https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20101000004
The CREST reactive-burn model for explosives
AWE, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4PR, UK
a e-mail: caroline.handley@awe.co.uk
CREST is an innovative reactive-burn model that has been developed at AWE for simulating shock initiation and detonation propagation behaviour in explosives. The model has a different basis from other reactive-burn models in that its reaction rate is independent of local flow variables behind the shock wave e.g. pressure and temperature. The foundation for CREST, based on a detailed analysis of data from particle-velocity gauge experiments, is that the reaction rate depends only on the local shock strength and the time since the shock passed. Since a measure of shock strength is the entropy of the non-reacted explosive, which remains constant behind a shock, CREST uses an entropy-dependent reaction rate. This paper will provide an overview of the CREST model and its predictive capability. In particular, it will be shown that the model can predict a wide range of experimental phenomena for both shock initiation (e.g. the effects of porosity and initial temperature on sustained-shock and thin-flyer initiation) and detonation propagation (e.g. the diameter effect curve and detonation failure cones) using a single set of coefficients.
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