Abstract Modeling shock-to-detonation phenomena in energetic materials (EMs) requires capturing complex physical processes such as strong shocks, rapid changes in microstructural morphology, and nonlinear dynamics of chemical reaction fronts. These processes participate in energy localization at hotspots, which initiate chemical energy release leading to detonation. This study addresses the formation of hotspots in crystalline EMs subjected to weak-to-moderate shock loading, which, despite its critical relevance to the safe storage and handling of EMs, remains underexplored compared to the well-studied strong shock conditions.
Simulating energetic materials (EM) typically requires enormous computational resources due to complex dynamics processes such as strong shocks and nonlinear reactions. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a promise to reduce simulation time from weeks …
Simulations of energetic materials (EM) typically require vast computational resources due to the extreme dynamics such as strong shocks and nonlinear reactions. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been shown to be capable of reduction in computation …
Abstract Multiphase compressible flow systems can exhibit unsteady and fast-transient dynamics, marked by sharp gradients and discontinuities, and material boundaries that interact with the evolving flow. The transient nature of the dynamics presents challenges to employing artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven models for predicting flow behaviors. In this study, we explore the potential of physics-aware recurrent convolutional neural networks (PARC) to model the spatiotemporal dynamics of multiphase flows in the presence of shocks and reaction fronts.