INVESTIGATION OF EXPLOSIVES SENSITIVITY TO MULTIPLE-FRAGMENT IMPACT (TRACK TEST E-7380)

Abstract

A rocket-powered sled was used to throw collections of fragments at explosive acceptor charges. Of the 13 rounds in this series, five, having a fragment velocity of 750 fps, produced five acceptor detonations; four rounds, at 330 fps, produced no detonations. The presence or absence of detonators in the acceptor charges had little apparent effect upon results. Specific warhead and explosives data relative to this series appear in Confidential Restricted Data report TPR 324, Supplement, NOTS TP 3277. Results of the first series of multifragment impact track tests are reported in NAVWEPS Report 8073, NOTS TP 3090 (Unclassified), dated December 1962.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0415451

Entities

People

  • L. M. Patton

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brakes
  • Cameras
  • Containers
  • Deflectors
  • Detonations
  • Detonators
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Instrumentation
  • Munitions
  • Sensitivity
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Methods
  • Test Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Water Brakes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
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