GROWTH OF BURNING TO DETONATION IN LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS

Abstract

A high-speed photographic study was made of the initiation of explosive liquids (using sparks and impact) and of single crystals of explosive solids (using shock and hot wires). The physical homogenuity of the material was shown to have a marked effect on its sensitivity. Studies of the fracture of inert solids showed the importance of specimen geometry, and of crack speed on the fragmentation process. Both high-speed photography and ultrasonic methods were used for the fracture work. One of the main advances was in the theoretical work on thermal explosion theory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0647392

Entities

People

  • F. P. Bowden
  • John Edwin Field
  • T. Boddington

Organizations

  • University of Cambridge

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cameras
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Cracks
  • Crystals
  • Decomposition
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fragmentation
  • High Speed Photography
  • Hot Wire
  • Materials
  • Photography
  • Single Crystals
  • Stress Waves

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Rocket Propulsion.