Shock initiation of explosives: Temperature spikes and growth spurts
Abstract
When energetic materials are subjected to high-velocity impacts, the first steps in the shock-to-detonation transition are the creation, ignition, and growth of hot spots. We used 1–3.2 km s−1 laser-launched flyer plates to impact powdered octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine, a powerful explosive, and monitored hundreds of emission bursts with an apparatus that determined temperature and emissivity at all times. The time-dependent volume fraction of hot spots was determined by measuring the time-dependent emissivity. After the shock, most hot spots extinguished, but the survivors smoldered for hundreds of nanoseconds until their temperatures spiked, causing a hot spot growth spurt. Depending on the impact duration, the growth spurts could be as fast as 300 ns and as slow as 13 μs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 29, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.4961619
Entities
People
- Dana D. Dlott
- Will P. Bassett
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Army Research Office
- Carnegie Institution for Science
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign