The Shock-to-Detonation Transition in Composite and Double Base Propellants.
Abstract
Plane shock wave compressions were used to obtain the unreacted shock Hugoniots of a composite and a double base propellant. One propellant contained a hybrid explosive mixture. For this propellant smear camera measurements were made of the shock velocity build-up to steady detonation velocity as a function of travel distance in wedge-shaped specimens, for entering pressures of 62.4, 72.3, and 78.9 kilobars. These measurements showed the propellants to be as sensitive to rapidly applied shocks as cast Composition B. Under similar shock pressures the second propellant, which contained no explosive, burned uneventfully without detonating. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 29, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0451263
Entities
People
- N. L. Coleburn
Organizations
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory