Determination of Worst Case Acceptors for Large Scale Sympathetic Detonation Testing

Abstract

The Project Manager for Ammunition Logistics (PM-AMMOLOG) has an interest in barriers which prevent sympathetic detonation between large stacks of ammunition. Test of such devices are very expensive, and the results are valid only for the munitions testsed. To extend the validity of such tests, PM-AMMOLOG would like to identify "worst-case acceptors" which can be used in such tests. A successful test with a worst-case acceptor would validate a barrier concept for a much larger class of ammunition. To identify these acceptors, we have subjected selected ammunition items to double-shock and crushing tests. Of those items tested, a thin-walled composition B filled demolition charge and the M67 hand grenade proved to be the most susceptible to initiation by these stimuli.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA514146

Entities

People

  • Ona R. Lyman
  • Robert Frey
  • William Lawrence

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Demolition
  • Demolition Charges
  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Grenades
  • Gun Propellants
  • Hand Grenades
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Propellants
  • Sympathetic Detonations

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering