PROPAGATION FAILURE IN SOLID EXPLOSIVES UNDER DYNAMIC PRE-COMPRESSION

Abstract

Steady-state detonations were stopped on entering a zone in a solid explosive already under compression by a 5-20 kb shock. Tests with PBX 9404 and EL-506C indicate that such quenching of detonation may be a general phenomenon of explosives. This implies that energy-concentrating systems ('hot spots') are required even for steady-state detonations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 22, 1964
Accession Number
AD0610682

Entities

People

  • B. E. Drimmer
  • T. P. Liddiard Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Compression
  • Detonation Waves
  • Detonations
  • Energy
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Munitions
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Quenching
  • Shock Waves
  • Steady State
  • Underwater Ordnance

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.