Two phase detonations of aluminum dust are simulated in a multi-fluid model to study particle energy calculation methods. In previous studies heat capacities of solid particles are constants, while realistic heat capacities change with temperature. In this simulation, effects of realistic heat capacities are studied. Numerical results show that detonation parameters are influenced significantly. The results with realistic capacities are close to experiments, while the results with fixed capacities overestimate pressure and detonation velocity. In detonation initiation, run-up distance is mainly decide by ignition energy, while realistic effect makes the distance shorter than that in the fixed heat capacity case.

One-dimensional overdriven detonation initiation is investigated numerically within a finite rate detailed chemical reaction model. Numerical results exhibit that due to upstream inflow at high temperature, pressure and velocity, a leading shock followed by induction and heat-release zones appears. Because of inflow disturbances, the interface between induction and heat-release zones becomes unstable and overdriven detonation waves are generated. With simulation of unstable interfaces with different gas species, temperatures, inflow pressures and velocities, overdriven detonation initiation process is analyzed and illustrated.