THE NATURE OF DETONATION OF CERTAIN EXPLOSIVES AND THE EFFECT OF PRESSURE ON IT,

Abstract

The report is an analysis of the causes and effects of detonation of explosives during combustion. A sharp increase in pressure is cited as the principal effect necessary to cause combustion to become detonation. Tests were performed consisting of heating of nitroglycerin until detonation occurred. Heating rate influenced the detonation in a complex manner, with moderate heating rates producing the most explosive detonation. One major mechanism for the formation of detonation is the explosion of suspended droplets of detonable material in the combustion products of the explosive. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 29, 1969
Accession Number
AD0691319

Entities

People

  • B. S. Samsonov
  • K. K. Andreev

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Liquid Explosives
  • Materials
  • Nitroglycerin

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.