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Lei Ni1, Xiangrong Zhang1, Lin Zhou1
1State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
Abstract:
Thermal conductivity is one of the most important thermophysical properties of a melt-cast explosive. However, the temperature-dependent thermal conductivity of such explosives cannot be easily measured across the whole solidification process (including the liquid, semi-solid, and solid states). This study used an inverse analysis method to estimate the temperature-dependent thermal conductivity of a 2,4-dinitroanisole/cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (DNAN/HMX) melt-cast explosive in a continuous way. The method that was used is described here in detail, and it is verified by comparing the estimated thermal conductivity with a prespecified value using simulated measurement temperatures, thereby demonstrating its effectiveness. Combining this method with experimentally measured temperatures, the temperature-dependent thermal conductivity of the DNAN/HMX melt-cast explosive was obtained. Some measured thermal conductivity values for this explosive in the solid state were used for further validation.
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