A numerical simulation study was performed to examine the post-detonation reaction processes produced by the detonation of a 12 mm diameter hemispherical pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) explosive charge. The simulations used a finite rate detailed chemical reaction model consisting of 59 species and 368 reactions to capture post-detonation reaction processes including air dissociation from Mach 19+ shock waves that initially break out of the PETN charge, reactions within the detonation products during expansion, and afterburning when the detonation products mix with the shock heated air. The multi-species and thermodynamically complete Becker–Kistiakowsky–Wilson real-gas equation of state is used for the gaseous phase to allow for the mixing of reactive species. A recent simplified reactive burn model is used to propagate the detonation through the charge and allow for detailed post-detonation reaction processes. The computed blast, shock structures, and mole fractions of species within the detonation products agree well with experimental measurements. A comparison of the simulation results to equilibrium calculations indicates that the assumption of a local equilibrium is fairly accurate until the detonation products rapidly cool to temperatures in the range of 1500–1900 K by expansion waves. Below this range, the computed results show mole fractions that are nearly chemically frozen within the detonation products for a significant portion of expansion. These results are consistent with the freeze out approximation used in the blast modeling community.
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