INVESTIGATION OF HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT AND SOME HIGH EXPLOSIVES PHENOMENA

Abstract

A summary of the important results obtained in this research is given. The subject matter included: (1) high explosive generators for fast particles; (2) mechanism of cratering in ultra high velocity impact; (3) observations of vaporization accompanying ultra high velocity impact; (4) mechanism for crater expansion in shaped charge penetration; (5) ionization and electron densities in detonating solid explosives; (6) electrical fields and electromagnetic radiation from chemical detonations; (7) external detonation generated plasmas; (8) the effect of pressure on the degree of ionization in gaseous detonations; (9) ionization and electrical conductivity and its relationship to the deflagration to detonation transition in solid explosives; and (10) transition to detonation in liquid explosives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0269769

Entities

People

  • R.t. Keyes

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Detonations
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shaped Charges
  • Tensile Strength

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics