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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Assessing the Thermal Safety of Fuze Based on Cook-off Tests and Numerical Simulations

He Cao

He Cao

College of Mechatronic Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, China

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Wanqian Yu

Corresponding Author

Wanqian Yu

National Key Laboratory of Land & Air Based Information Perception and Control, Xi'an Modern Control Technology Research Institute, Xi'an, China

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Youcai Xiao

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Youcai Xiao

College of Mechatronic Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, China

National Key Laboratory of Land & Air Based Information Perception and Control, Xi'an Modern Control Technology Research Institute, Xi'an, China

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Chenyang Fan

Chenyang Fan

Science and Technology on Electromechanical Dynamic Control Laboratory, Xi’an Institute of Electromechanical Information Technology, Xi'an, China

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Yong Han

Yong Han

No. 601 Institute of the Sixth Academy of CASIC, Inner Mongolia, China

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Yi Sun

Yi Sun

Departments of Astronautic Science and Mechanics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

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First published: 04 July 2025

Funding: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 11802273, 12372368), National Key Laboratory of Land and Air-Based Information Perception and Control (No. A424003), National Key Laboratory of Energetic Materials, and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (202303021211142).

ABSTRACT

To quantitatively characterize the response levels in fuze cook-off tests, a strain-based pressure sensor incorporating a steel bar was designed to measure pressure in high-temperature environments. This design is based on one-dimensional elastic wave theory and aims to provide accurate and reliable pressure measurements under extreme thermal conditions. The cook-off test is conducted to obtain the pressure history curve of the fuze bottom output during the booster burning response process. The heat conduction model and Arrhenius equation were developed to investigate the temperature distribution within the fuze under different heating rates. The results indicate that as the heating rate decreases, the ignition region of the explosive gradually shifts from the outer edges at both ends toward the central area of the explosive. Simultaneously, the ignition temperature of the charge progressively increases, leading to a rise in the output pressure of the fuze.

Data Availability Statement

The authors have nothing to report.

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