Femtosecond Shock Wave Dynamics of Insensitive Energetic Materials
Abstract
The goal of this project is to develop a fundamental understanding, at the molecular level, of the initial events occurring during the first picoseconds of impact initiation of energetic materials. It is believed this fundamental research will lead to a clearer picture of the factors which determine the sensitivity of energetic materials to shock impact initiation. Understanding and perhaps controlling sensitivity will result in safer explosives. In a larger sense, the problem of molecular level understanding of chemical and physical phenomena involved in impact processes has much wider and more general implications for such relevant processes as mechanical failure, crack propagation, lubrication and wear, etc. At the present time experimental techniques to study these problems are lacking. By developing such techniques with the goal of understanding impact initiation of energetic materials, these other areas may be addressed as well.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA385456
Entities
People
- Dana D. Dlott
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign