One-Dimensional Model and Calculation for Fast Cook-off of RDX

Based on gas-phase reaction mechanism, a fast cook-off model was established to study the process of RDX in a confined vessel irradiated by laser. The model considers steel vessel, air gap and condensed explosives. The heat conduction in air gap was used to describe the nonideal thermal contact. The process of decomposition, melting and evaporation in condensed RDX, and the reaction of multi-species and multi-steps in air gap were considered in model calculation by use of finite difference. Results show that the fast cook-off process of RDX can be approximately divided into three stages: inert heating, accumulation of reactants and increase of temperature, and ignition caused by rapid chemical reaction.