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A reduced model for shock and detonation waves. II. The reactive case

Materials Science 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

We present a mesoscopic model for reactive shock waves, which extends a previous model proposed in [G. Stoltz, Europhys. Lett. 76 (2006), 849]. A complex molecule (or a group of molecules) is replaced by a single mesoparticle, evolving according to some Dissipative Particle Dynamics. Chemical reactions can be handled in a mean way by considering an additional variable per particle describing a rate of reaction. The evolution of this rate is governed by the kinetics of a reversible exothermic reaction. Numerical results give profiles in qualitative agreement with all-atom studies.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0701496,
  title  = {A reduced model for shock and detonation waves. II. The reactive case},
  author = {Jean-Bernard Maillet and Laurent Soulard and Gabriel Stoltz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0701496},
  year   = {2009}
}