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Unidimensional SPH simulations of reactive shock tubes in an astrophysical perspective

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Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a Lagrangian method widely used for the modelling of a large variety of astrophysical fluid flows in more than one dimension. Simulations of thermonuclear explosions in stars require, besides the hydrodynamic equations, a realistic equation of state, an energy source term, and a set of nuclear kinetic equations to follow the composition changes of the gas during the explosion. The implementation of a realistic stellar equation of state, and the coupling of hydrodynamics and nuclear burning are investigated in the framework of the simple shock tube geometry. We present and discuss the results of a series of SPH simulations of a detonation in the presence of (1) a single exothermic nuclear reaction, and (2) a restricted network of nuclear reactions. Our results are compared to those of identical simulations performed by other authors using a different hydrodynamic method.

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Supported partly by a grant of the Belgian State (Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs) in the framework of the project IUAP P5/36, partly by a grant of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (in the framework of the Pôle d’Attraction Interuniversitaire PAI 4/18), and by the Programme International de Coopération Scientifique PICS No 319.

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Busegnies, Y., François, J. & Paulus, G. Unidimensional SPH simulations of reactive shock tubes in an astrophysical perspective. Shock Waves 16, 359–389 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-007-0072-3

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