Minutes of the Explosives Safety Seminar (25). Volume 4. Held in Anaheim, California on 18-20 Aug 1992

Abstract

For a long time now experts on energetic materials and munitions have been using experimental tests to evaluate the vulnerability of such materials or munitions, or at least their sensitivity to various stimuli. Yet those tests are far from being representative of the scenarios of accidental or combat stimuli, and the interpretation of them itself sometimes needs to be treated cautiously, given the important decisions that may be made as the results of these trials, for the design of insensitive munitions. A study of many examples, such as bullet impact and cook-off, enables a critical evaluation of those tests and suggests that they be conducted in a more scientific purpose by coupling them with mathematical modelling. It concludes by advocating international cooperation, as the recent NIMIC workshop shows the way, on modelling the tests and their experimental adaptation to the requirements of the models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA261116

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Science
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Geography
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanics
  • Munitions Testing
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons Effects

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  • Academic Conference Management
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering