COMPARATIVE BLAST MEASUREMENTS OF VARIOUS HIGH EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS IN A STANDARD WARHEAD CONFIGURATION

Abstract

This report presents the measured blast parameters of side-on peak overpressure and positive impulse plus the measured air shock wave timeof- arrival information generated by the free-air detonation of 57 uncased, centrally initiated, 7-lb. (approximate weight) constant volume high explosive charges of the compositions: (1) nondeaireated cast TNT; (2) Cast Composition B- 3; (3) Compression-molded Composition A-3; (4) Compression-molded PBXN-1; (5) Cast Composition B; (6) Compression molded PBX 9010; (7) Compression molded PBXN-3; (8) Compression molded 86/14 HMX/Butvar B72A; (9) Cast 83/17 HMX/Laminac Styrene Binder; (10) Cast 75/25 Cyclotol; (11) Compression molded PBX Type A; (12) Compression molded PBX Type B. The blast parameters were measured of distances of 10, 15 and 20 feet from transducer arrays redundant at 180 degrees.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0354019

Entities

People

  • Henry L. Herman

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammunition
  • Cyclotol
  • Detonations
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Government Procurement
  • High Explosives
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Overpressure
  • Plastic Bonded Explosives
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Standards
  • United States
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.