Engineering Design Handbook. Principles of Explosive Behavior

Abstract

This document contains reports on: (1) Energy of explosives, (2) Thermal decomposition of explosives, (3) Measurement of detonation properties, (4) Elementary theory of the plane detonation wave, (5) Application of theory to condensed explosives, (6) Structure of the plane detonation wave: finite reaction zone, (7) Detonation waves of cylindrical and spherical symmetry, (8) Thermal explosion, (9) Initiation of detonation by shock waves, (10) Initiation and growth of detonation from impact, friction, and thermal sources, (11) Shock waves from explosive charges, and (12) Computer programs for explosive calculations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 1972
Accession Number
AD0900260

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Elements
  • Chemical Products
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Devices
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.