Experimental and Computational Studies of Molecular and Lattice Symmetries of Energetic Materials at High Pressure

Abstract

Overall research objectives were: to study energetic materials of interest to the Navy/DoD at the high-pressure and high-temperature of detonation; to study the initiation mechanism of detonation; to learn the phase, lattice, and molecular symmetry, and measure theoretical maximum density (TMD) of a material at high pressure and temperature just before initiation; to understand exactly what chemical bonds are most energetic and why, at the pressure and temperature of detonation; to model the global kinetics and reaction mechanism of energetic materials during detonative reactions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA465556

Entities

People

  • Suhithi Peiris

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulk Modulus
  • Chemical Bonds
  • Compression
  • Compressive Properties
  • Diffraction
  • Dynamics
  • Energetic Materials
  • First Principles Calculations
  • High Pressure
  • High Temperature
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials
  • Phase
  • Phase Transformations
  • Solid Propellants
  • Symmetry
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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