Calibration of a Super Small-Scale Cookoff Bomb (SSCB) for Predicting Severity of the Cookoff Reaction
Abstract
The Super Small-Scale Cookoff Bomb (SSCB), like the Small-Scale Cookoff Bomb (SCB), was developed to provide a means for predicting the response of an ordnance item to a fast or slow cookoff by comparing an empirical relationship to the severity of cookoff reaction in a laboratory level explosive sample and the same explosive in an ordnance item during a field test. Whereas the SCB utilizes 600 grams, the SSCB requires only 20 grams. The SSCB will test any explosive whose critical diameter for steady-state detonation is less than 0.6 inch.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADB077306
Entities
People
- Jack M. Pakulak Jr.
- Susan Cragin
Organizations
- Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake