THE SENSITIVITY OF SELECTED CONVENTIONAL AND HEAT RESISTANT EXPLOSIVES AT LOW TEMPERATURES

Abstract

The effects of temperature, confinement, and column diameter on the shock sensitivity of some heat resistant and conventional booster-type explosives were studied in a gap test arrangement. As expected, sensitivity decreased with decreasing temperature. Also, as expected, the changes in sensitivity with temperature were small compared to the sensitivity effects of confinement and charge diameter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 12, 1970
Accession Number
AD0710738

Entities

People

  • Calvin L. Scott

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Detonators
  • Diameters
  • Electric Power
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosive Trains
  • Explosives
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Particle Size
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate
  • Sensitivity
  • Test Sets
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.