Calorimetric Determinations of the Heat and Products of Detonation for Explosives: October 1961 to April 1982
Abstract
This report is a compilation of heat-of-detonation and product-composition data obtained at Lawrence Livemore National Laboratory during the last 21 years. In each determination, a 25-g high-explosive charge was detonated in a bomb calorimeter; a complete calorimetric measurement was made in 1 to 2 h with a precision of O.3%. Data were interpreted using thermodynamic and hydrodynamic computer calculations. For unconfined or lightly confined charges, the released energy is largely retained in the products, which are subsequently shocked considerably off the Chapman-Jouguet isentrope by reflections from the bomb wall. For heavily confined charges, the detonation energy is largely converted to kinetic and internal energy of the confining case, and the products expand with minimal reshock along the Chapman-Jouguet isentrope.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 05, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA409329
Entities
People
- D. L. Ornellas
Organizations
- University of California, Berkeley