DDT Behavior of Porous Propellant Models and Porous Samples of Commercial Propellants,

Abstract

A number of binary mixtures, components of which are propellant ingredients, were examined in steel walled tubes for their DDT behavior at 60-70% theoretical maximum density (TMD). Several commercial propellants and one 4-component, composite model were also examined. A number of compositional effects were noted and reported. Some propellants, at high porosity, showed reaction not detectable by our ionization probes. For propellants which exhibited transition at 70% TMD in our apparatus, the range in predetonation column length (l) was 103-170 mm and in relative time to detonation, 76-247 micro. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 13, 1980
Accession Number
ADA084906

Entities

People

  • Donna Price
  • Richard R. Bernecker

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammonium Perchlorate
  • Combustion
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Gun Propellants
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Munitions
  • Particle Size
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.