Shock Initiation through a Barrier

Abstract

The results of a feasibility study of the practicality of initiating a rocket motor through a barrier using high explosives without perforating the barrier are summarized. Results indicated that a variety of explosives and barriers could be made to work in such a system. A system was designed in which the design parameters consisted of PETN which is initiated by shock through a 0.1 inch steel barrier. This was applied to initiation of a rocket motor with success.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0420869

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Wagner

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Ammunition
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Azides
  • Detonators
  • Electric Detonators
  • Engineering
  • Explosive Trains
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Gunpowder
  • High Explosives
  • Metal Plates
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Stainless Steel

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.