MODELING PRIMER CORD DETONATION IN A FOREST CANOPY WITHOUT A FIRE

Authors
ANTONOV VA GRISHIN AM KOVALEV YM NAIMUSHINA LY
Citation
Va. Antonov et al., MODELING PRIMER CORD DETONATION IN A FOREST CANOPY WITHOUT A FIRE, Combustion, explosion, and shock waves, 29(4), 1993, pp. 527-534
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering,Thermodynamics
Journal title
Combustion, explosion, and shock waves → ACNP
ISSN journal
00105082
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
527 - 534
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-5082(1993)29:4<527:MPCDIA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Mathematical modeling is used to solve two problems: optimizing the pl acement height of primer cord in a forest canopy to maximize the volum e of displaced combustibles, and determining the effect of a reflectin g screen on the effectiveness of the primer cord. Of the cord placemen ts examined (at 0.75, 1.5, and 2.25 m), the optimum detonation height was 1.5 m. A reflecting screen increased the effectiveness of the prim er cord, and more so the closer the screen was to the cord.