Shock Induced Reaction in Explosives and propellants

Abstract

Two propellants (a cast double-base and an extruded double-base) and two explosives (a 60/40 RDX/TNT mixture + 1% beeswax and nitromethane) were subjected to shocks of known amplitude. The shock producing system used was essentially that of the NOL Standard Gap Test. Threshold pressures for both burning and detonation were obtained. This technique (used originally by Jacobs and Liddiard) has been extended to provide unreacted Hugoniot data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0752372

Entities

People

  • R. Merrifield

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chromatographic Analysis
  • Combustion
  • Data Analysis
  • Detonations
  • Diameters
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Explosives
  • Impedance
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Nitromethane
  • Particles
  • Plane Waves
  • Propellants
  • Sensitivity
  • Specific Gravity

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.