Safe Distances and Shielding for Prevention of Propagation of Detonation by Fragment Impact

Abstract

Relationships are presented which permit the calculation of safe distances for prevention of propagation of detonation due to fragment impact between adjacent potentially mass-detonating systems for any assumed degree of risk and degree of acceptor shielding. These relationships permit prediction of probability of propagation in an existing situation, as well as calculation of necessary changes in acceptor shielding and/or separation distances for any other degree of tolerable risk. All that is necessary to develop the specific relationships for a given situation is knowledge of: (1) properties of the explosives involved; and (2) geometry of the explosive system. A simple method for graphically representing the relationships is presented, together with illustrative examples.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0321962

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Rindner
  • Stanley Wachtell

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Blast
  • Boundaries
  • Detonations
  • Drag
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • New Jersey
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability
  • Risk
  • Sensitivity
  • Thickness

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.