Formation Behavior and Reaction Characteristic of a PTFE/Al Reactive Jet.

Chenghai Su,Haifu Wang,Jianwen Xie,Yuanfeng Zheng,Huanguo Guo

doi:10.3390/ma15031268

Abstract

To reveal the expansion phenomenon and reaction characteristics of an aluminum particle filled polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE/Al) reactive jet during the forming process, and to control the penetration and explosion coupling damage ability of the reactive jet, the temperature and density distribution of the reactive jet were investigated by combining numerical simulation and experimental study. Based on the platform of AUTODYN-3D code, the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) algorithm was used to study the evolution behaviors and distribution regularity of the morphology, density, temperature, and velocity field during the formation process of the reactive composite jet. The reaction characteristic in the forming process was revealed by combining the distribution of the high-temperature zone in numerical simulation and the Differential Scanning Calorimeter/Thermo-Gravimetry (DSC/TG) experiment results. The results show that the distribution of the high-temperature zone of the reactive composite jet is mainly concentrated in the jet tip and the axial direction, and the reactive composite jet tip reacts first. Combining the density distribution in the numerical simulation and the pulsed X-ray experimental results, the forming behavior of the reactive composite jet was analyzed. The results show that the reactive composite jet has an obvious expansion effect, accompanied by a significant decrease in the overall density.

Highlights

Fluoropolymer-based reactive composites are solid energetic materials mixed with reactive metal powder, alloy powder, or intermetallic compound in polymer powder, which can release chemical energy under high dynamic load and high strain rate conditions
Under the explosive driving action of the shaped charge, the reactive composite jet formed by the reactive material liner can penetrate the target to a traditional metal jet, but more importantly, the reactive jet can activate itself after penetrating the interior of the target and cause a violent explosion/deflagration reaction, releasing a large amount of chemical energy, thereby resulting in a more lethal killing/damaging effect on the inside of the target [11]
Different from the top and middle particles of the reactive liner, since the reactive liner bottom cannot be crushed to form the reactive composite jet, the temperature at the bottom only rises at an instant under the action of detonation wave, and the temperature decreases with time and tends to be stable. 8 of 18

Summary

Introduction

Fluoropolymer-based reactive composites are solid energetic materials mixed with reactive metal powder, alloy powder, or intermetallic compound in polymer powder (typically PTFE), which can release chemical energy under high dynamic load and high strain rate conditions. Tinhge gCouodjetcocohnestiinoun.esThtoissitsremtcahinalnydbgecraouwse with time, and the jet tip becomes thinner, showing good cohesion Different from the top and middle particles of the reactive liner, since the reactive liner bottom cannot be crushed to form the reactive composite jet, the temperature at the bottom only rises at an instant under the action of detonation wave, and the temperature decreases with time and tends to be stable. The tip velocity of the reactive composite jet driven by 8701 reaches a maximum value of 8330 m/s while the velocity of the reactive composite jet tip driven by TNT only reaches 6370 m/s, which is much lower than the others

Cone Angle of the Reactive Liner

Wall Thickness of the Reactive Liner

Conclusions