Discrete Charge Diagnostics on Pre-DIRECT COURSE.

Abstract

The Air Force Weapons Laboratory attempted to make 100 time-of-arrival measurements on Pre-DIRECT COURSE. With an 88 percent success rate, the detonation wave propagation within the charge was measured. The top and bottom hemispheres detonated at two different rates. However, the detonation velocities were well within the existing data base for Ammonium-Nitrate Fuel Oil charges. One large jet was observed on the charge but its location should not have caused any problems for ground level measurements. Twenty experimental time-of-arrival crystals were also fielded; however, the results are skeptical due to the grounding system of the support structure. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA139073

Entities

People

  • C. Bryant
  • R. L. Guice

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ammonium Nitrate
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Detonation Waves
  • Detonations
  • Explosives
  • Ferrites
  • Fuel Oils
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Photography
  • Piezoelectric Crystals
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • United States
  • Wave Propagation

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Explosive Engineering.