PROPAGATION INVESTIGATIONS USING THE CULDESAC MODEL

This paper contains a description of the CULDESAC propagation model, w hich has been developed at Culham Laboratory, and a summary of results from a number of computational studies. The conservation equations wh ich make up the model are described, together with the fragmentation a nd heat transfer models used to close it. Example results are then pre sented which illustrate the importance of solution parameters, the hea t transfer and fragmentation models, and geometrical considerations on the calculated propagation behaviour. The difficulties in comparing m odel predictions with the available experimental data are then discuss ed. Finally, a summary of what are believed to be the important issues in propagation modelling is presented.