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Acta Armamentarii ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 1889-1905.doi: 10.12382/bgxb.2023.0094

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Artificial Neural Network-based Prediction Model for Damage Effect of Fuel-air Explosive

XU Yongkang, XUE Kun*()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology,Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing 100081,China
  • Received:2023-02-16 Online:2023-06-06
  • Contact: XUE Kun

Abstract:

The prediction of damage range caused by Fuel-air Explosive is fundamental to the study of large-scale damage caused by Fuel-air Explosive weapons. However, the distribution pattern of shock waves after detonation and its dependence on fuel concentration are unknown, which limits the prediction accuracy of damage range. In this study, the minimum free energy method is used to calculate the CJ parameters for the ideal detonation of biphasic cloud fog with liquid fuel present in either droplet or vapor form. The JWL equation of state parameters are obtained through fitting. Subsequently, the peak overpressure caused by ideal detonation of biphasic cloud fog with different concentrations and states is calculated. A proxy model is developed by utilizing an artificial neural network. The proposed model is used to predict the decay law of peak overpressure with respect to the scaled distance for biphasic gas-solid and gas-liquid-solid cloud detonations with concentrations ranging from 0.03 to 0.30kg/m3. The model is also used to predict the variation of damage proportion radius with fuel concentration for different damage levels, obtaining the optimal concentration with the maximum damage proportion radius. The study reveals that the influences of liquid fuel in droplet or vapor form on cloud detonation parameters, JWL equation of state parameters, and shock wave distribution after cloud detonation are relatively weak (<1.5%). Within the fuel concentrations ranging from 0.03 to 0.18kg/m3, the maximum and minimum values of damage proportion radius for damage levels Ⅰ-Ⅲ are differed by 21%, 19%, and 6%, respectively. Thus, the dependence of damage radii on fuel concentration is stronger for damage levels Ⅰ and Ⅱ after cloud burst caused by large explosive structures.

Key words: cloud detonation, fuel concentration, overpressure damage, artificial neural network

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