Combined Effects Aluminized Explosives
Abstract
This paper reports on the development of theory and performance for recently developed combined effects aluminized explosives. Traditional high energy explosives used for metal pushing incorporate high loading percentages of HMX or RDX; whereas, traditional blast explosives commonly incorporate some percentage of aluminum. Although these high blast explosives produce increased blast energies, they normally produce reduced metal pushing capability due to the relatively late time aluminum reaction. Recently developed combined effects aluminized explosives achieve both excellent metal pushing and high blast energies. The excellent metal pushing capability is due to the earlier exothermic conversion of aluminum to aluminum oxide as compared to traditional blast explosives. Traditional Chapman-Jouguet detonation theory does not explain the observed detonation states achieved by these combined effects explosives. This paper demonstrates that the eigenvalue detonation theory explains the observed behavior and that both high metal pushing capability and high blast are achieved using these new explosives.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA527993
Entities
People
- C. Capellos
- Ernest L. Baker
- J. Pincay
- L. Stiel
- W. Balas
Organizations
- United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center