ELECTRIC INITIATORS: A REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE ART

Abstract

Papers are presented which summarize 2 technical meetings held at The Franklin Institute: (1) the Electric Initiator Symposium (Nov. 1960) which was concerned with research and development of electric initiators in general; and (2) the HERO Congress (May 1961) which dealt with research and development on the hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance. Covering 65 papers, this report serves as a subject index and as a handy desktop reference. A bibliography of 15 basic initiator references is attached.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0266014

Entities

People

  • Gunther Cohn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter IED
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Detonators
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Engineering
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosive Trains
  • Explosives
  • Explosives Initiators
  • Ignition
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics