The thermal effects in the Concentric Canister 'missile' Launcher (CCL) due to a fire in an adjacent compartment are simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). A commercial code developed by CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC) was used to implement the process. This study developed a model for the center section of the A-module, placed in the forward missile launcher of the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyer. Two fire scenerios are applied to the aft bulkhead of the launcher. The first fire scenerio is indicative of the high temperature fire caused by unburned Exocet missile propellant experienced by the USS STARK (FFG-31) in the Arabian Gulf. The second fire scenerio applied to the model simulates the conditions caused by a ruptured shipboard F-76 diesel fuel tank, due to a collision at sea. The fire scenerios are used to predict the time and location of the critical cook off temperatures of the missile's solid and liquid fuel propellants in the CCL.


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    Title :

    Computer Simulation of the Thermal Effects on a Concentric Canister Missile Launcher with a Fire in an Adjacent Compartment


    Contributors:
    G. L. Null (author)

    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    215 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English