SHOCK RESPONSE OF FILLED PLASTICS,

Abstract

A method of determining shock Hugoniots of opaque media by means of microwave interferometry is described. This method has been used to determine shock Hugoniots for solid propellants, propellants with dummy oxidizer, and inert binders. It was found that the shock response of solids-filled elastomeric polymers is the same as that of the continuous phase along, at loadings as high as 75 wt. % solids. It was also found that ammonium perchlorate decomposes exothermally under shock, even in nondetonable propellants; and because of this decomposition, truly non-reactive shock Hugoniots cannot be obtained on live-oxidizer formulations, at least not at shock strengths above 10 kbars. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0816021

Entities

People

  • Edgar G. Johnson
  • Mary L. Pandow

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammonium Perchlorate
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Composite Propellants
  • Decomposition
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Microwave Interferometry
  • Perchlorates
  • Plastics
  • Polymers
  • Propellants
  • Resins
  • Solid Propellants
  • Specific Volume

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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