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Publication date: 25 January 2024

Zeye Fu, Jiahao Zou, Luxin Han and Qi Zhang

A model for calculating the global overpressure time history of a single cloud detonation from overpressure time history of discrete positions in the range of single cloud…

Abstract

Purpose

A model for calculating the global overpressure time history of a single cloud detonation from overpressure time history of discrete positions in the range of single cloud detonation is to be proposed and verified. The overpressure distribution produced by multiple cloud detonation and the influence of cloud spacing and fuel mass of every cloud on the overpressure distribution are to be studied.

Design/methodology/approach

A calculation method is used to obtain the global overpressure field distribution after single cloud detonation from the overpressure time history of discrete distance to detonation center after single cloud detonation. On this basis, the overpressure distribution produced by multi-cloud under different cloud spacing and different fuel mass conditions is obtained.

Findings

The results show that for 150 kg fuel, when the spacing of three clouds is 40 m, 50 m, respectively, the overpressure range of larger than 0.1 MPa is 5496.48 mˆ2 and 6235.2 mˆ2, which is 2.89 times and 3.28 times of that of single cloud detonation. The superposition effect can be ignored when the spacing between the three clouds is greater than 60 m. In the case of fixed cloud spacing, once the overpressure forms continuous effective superposition, the marginal utility of fuel decreases.

Originality/value

A model for calculating the global overpressure time history of a single cloud detonation from overpressure time history of discrete positions in the range of single cloud detonation is proposed and verified. Based on this method, the global overpressure field of single cloud detonation is reconstructed, and the superimposed overpressure distribution characteristics of three cloud detonation are calculated and analyzed.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 41 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Article
Publication date: 27 July 2023

Pengfei Cheng

To further understand the granular flow lubrication mechanism in metal contact pairs, the effect of sliding-rolling ratio on the force chain properties was investigated.

Abstract

Purpose

To further understand the granular flow lubrication mechanism in metal contact pairs, the effect of sliding-rolling ratio on the force chain properties was investigated.

Design/methodology/approach

The parallel inter-plate model of the granular flow lubrication was established with discrete element method. Then, the correlation law between sliding-rolling ratio and force chain evolution properties was calculated and analyzed with PFC2D software platform.

Findings

Numerical calculation results show that the dynamic fluctuation property of force chain is existed, and the shock frequency of it is increased with the increase of sliding-rolling ratio. The same evolution law is also occurred for the bearing rate of strong force chain in the initial expansion and final compression phases, and the opposite phenomena is obtained for the overall expansion phase. Moreover, the directivity of strong force chain is changed by the sliding-rolling ratio. With the increase of sliding-rolling ratio, the directivity of strong force chain is first tended to y-axis, and then inclined to the x-axis in the whole phases. The basic reason is that a clamping up and downward movement impact for the neighbor particles are the essence of the above phenomenon.

Originality/value

The main contribution of this work is to lay a theory foundation of interfacial lubrication mechanism with granular flow.

Peer review

The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-05-2023-0133/

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Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, vol. 75 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0036-8792

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