Impact Shock Sensitivity of a TATB Based Explosive Relevant to Specific Heat Properties

Abstract

This report is a supplementary follow-on to U.S. Army Missile Command (MICOM) TR-RD-SS-95-2, and Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) TR-RD-SS-99-8 that related plane impact shock sensitivity of CHNO energetic material to specific heat (Cp) per average atom magnitude and reactive temperature (TR) conditions. Specifically, plane shock energy input equal to the thermal vibratory energy increment (this is the area under the Cp versus T data curve between experimental temperature, (T sub EXP), conditions and reactive temperature conditions) is sufficient to cause shock induced reactions, up to and including detonation in energetic materials. This is demonstrated at four different test temperatures ((T SUB EXP)) for PBX-9502.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA444627

Entities

People

  • James P. Billingsley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Energy
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Heat Energy
  • Impact Shock
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • Phase Transformations
  • Plastic Bonded Explosives
  • Shock
  • Specific Heat
  • Thermal Properties
  • Thermodynamics

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  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Rocket Propulsion.