Sensitivity of Explosives to Transition from Deflagration to Detonation.
Abstract
A technique, called the auxiliary gas loading technique, has been developed to enable relatively insensitive explosives, such as TNT and Explosive D, to undergo a transition from deflagration to detonation (DDT) in our experimental arrangement. This technique uses variable but small amounts of a rapid burning, non-detonating explosive located between the ignitor and the test explosive. It has been shown that for a fixed density and type of gas loader and for a fixed density of a test explosive, there is a critical length of gas loader below which a transition will not occur and above which a transition will always occur. RDX and 94/6 RDX/wax have been studied as gas loaders.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 07, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA008142
Entities
People
- Donna Price
- Richard R. Bernecker
Organizations
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory