Oscillatory Behavior of Detonating Solid Explosives

Abstract

The report shows that the structural phenomenology of gaseous detonations is extendable to solid explosives of military interest. The cell size in gaseous detonations is a function of the effective heat release rate, i. e., that heat release rate experienced by the detonation front. This has been shown to be true for solids as well, and the cell size has been shown to be a function of the physical factors which affect the effective heat release rate, viz., granularity, loading density, confinement, charge dimensions, etc.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750334

Entities

People

  • Giordano Melani
  • Philip M. Howe

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Cell Size
  • Cells
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Detonations
  • Diameters
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • High Pressure
  • Light Sources
  • Shaped Charges
  • Shock Waves
  • Steady Flow
  • Thickness
  • Trajectories
  • Transverse Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.