Symposium on Detonation (3rd) held at the James Forrestal Research Center, Princeton University on September 26-28-1960

Abstract

CONTENTS: Sensitiveness testing and its relation to the properties of explosives; Sensitivity relationships; A statistical correlation of impact sensitivity with oxygen balance for secondary explosives; The electric-spark initiation of mixtures of high explosives and powdered electrical conductors; Detonation and shocks review; Detonation performance calculations using the Kistiakowsky-Wilson equation of state; Energy release from chemical systems; The detonation properties of DATB (1,3-diamino2,4,6-trinitrobenzene); Non-steady detonation; The shock initiation of detonation in liquid explosives; Sensitivity of propellants; Some studies on the shock initiation of explosives; The influence of energy of decomposition of the transition from initiation to detonation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0322061

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Propellants
  • Crystal Structure
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Plastic Explosives

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.