Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Chemical Engineering.
Abstract
Steady plane thermal detonations proceeding through coarse fuel-coolant mixtures have been predicted to exhibit pressures of approximately 10/sup 4/ bar for UO/sub 2//Na and approximately 10/sup 3/ bar for Sn/H/sub 2/O/sup 1/. Although detailed experimental information for the crucial fragmentation step is still largely lacking, some important preliminary conclusions can nevertheless be drawn from a detailed examination of the jump balances and solution of the steady, separated-flow conservation equations in the fragmentation zone behind the shock. A few key results are presented of some parametric calculations of steady plane thermal detonations, and in addition offer some broader comments. 33 references
