Predicting High Explosive Detonation Velocities from Their Composition and Structure (II). Addendum
Abstract
A previous technical report described a simple empirical relationship between detonation velocity at theoretical maximum density and a factor, F, that is dependent solely upon chemical composition and structure. The explosives ranged from nitro-aromatics, cyclic and linear nitramines, nitrate esters and nitro-nitrato aliphatics to zero hydrogen explosives, carbonless explosives and hydrogen rich explosives. Minor modifications have been made to the equations presented in that report, including a correction factor for liquid explosives, that have resulted in an improved predictive model in which: 95% of the predicted detonation velocities lie within 5% of experimental; the absolute error for 64 explosives is + or - 2.3%; and the correlation coefficient for the linear regression relationship is greater than 0.96.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA062265
Entities
People
- Lewis R. Rothstein
- Robert Petersen