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Acta Armamentarii ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 799-806.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-1093.2019.04.015

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Numerical Study of Influence of Afterburning Effect on Blast Load in Confined Cabin

KONG Xiangshao1,2, XU Jingbo1,2, XU Weizheng1,2, ZHENG Cheng1,2, WU Weiguo1,2   

  1. (1.Key Laboratory of High Performance Ship Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, Hubei, China; 2.Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Structural Engineering, School of Transportation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, Hubei, China)
  • Received:2018-07-05 Revised:2018-07-05 Online:2019-06-10

Abstract: An approach to determine the afterburning energy in ANSYS/AUTODYN simulation is presented based on the unified facilities criteria model and a simplified formula according to the conservation law of energy released in the explosion process. A numerical simulation of TNT explosion in confined space was conducted. The calculated and experimental results show that the afterburning effect of TNT detonation products has a significant influence on the confined blast load. The calculated quasi-static pressure and impulse within 50 ms without considering the afterburning effect of detonation products are 55% and 49% lower than the experimental data, respectively. When the afterburning energy is taken into account, the calculated values of explosive pressure and impulse time history show a good agreement with the experimental data. The proposed method would provide accurate input load for predicting the dynamic responses of structures subjected to confined explosion. Key

Key words: explosionload, confinedspace, afterburningeffect, quasi-staticpressure

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