Exploding Foil Initiator Qualifications

Abstract

The Electronic Safety and Arming Device technology has been pressed into use before many of the design specifications could be completed. MIL-STD- 1316D the basic S&A safety guide requires in-line detonators to be qualified in accordance with MIL-I-23659, yet 23659 was based primarily on qualifying hot bridge wire devices and is poor to qualify the in-line detonator of choice the Exploding Foil Initiator (EFI). The report proposes changes to 23659 to qualify EFI's and EBW's. To make the specification consistent with the EFI technology and 1316 safety requirements, the proposed changes require statistical analysis testing at temperature extremes, qualifying the fire set with the detonator and evaluating the detonators probability to deflagrate(burn). Specific language is suggested to substitute/add to paragraphs currently in MIL-I-23659.The report contains explanations for the proposed changes, and some description of how the information should be applied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA272311

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey A. Lienau

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Climate Change
  • Data Science
  • Detonators
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Explosives Initiators
  • Firing Circuits
  • High Temperature
  • Information Science
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Data
  • Statistical Tests
  • Statistics
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Marine Propulsion Engineering and Naval Architecture
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics