A METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE CRITICAL DIAMETERS OF EXPLOSIVES

Abstract

A precedure was developed to determine the critical diameters of cast explosives and propellants. This procedure is based upon the continuous surveillance of the ionized front of a shock wave which is propagated from the base of a right circular cone. The critical diameter is determined from the cone diameter at the point at which the ionization of the shock wave fails. The measurement was made on a number of the common explosives. This procedure may be modified for use on extruded and possibly on pressed materials. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1960
Accession Number
AD0252875

Entities

People

  • Irving Jaffe

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diameters
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Ionization
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Propellants
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Surveillance
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Rocket Propulsion.