Reactive Material Structures

Abstract

We have developed a Reactive Material Structure (RMS), a reactive, blast-enhancing material with sufficient strength and mass density to be suitable as a casing material for a penetrating munition. The material is a composite laminate of braided, woven, and wound wire in a polymeric matrix that is loaded with a combustible metal powder. We progressively improved and scaled up the fabrication process, from small coupon test specimens to structures weighing 10 kilograms. We successfully demonstrated that the RMS can enhance explosive blast by a factor of four or more over a conventional steel casing and can survive penetration into concrete in a representative munition at typical bomb-delivery velocities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 2014
Accession Number
ADA605736

Entities

People

  • D. C. Jann
  • H. L. Lam
  • M. E. Grudza
  • R. D. Ciccarelli
  • W. J. Flis

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Material Fabrication
  • Composite Materials
  • Construction
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Strain Gages
  • Tensile Strength
  • Tensile Testing
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Surface Coatings Technology.