Gap Tests and How They Grow

Abstract

Available data from four different gap tests were compared. The study indicated a linear relation between the critical gap lengths (50% point) of the NOL LSGT and those of each of the other three tests, hence a linear relation for any pair of the 4 tests. On the other hand, the approximate equivalency curve between the 50% gaps of the NOL LSGT and those of the recently developed expanded LSGT has been drawn with some curvature. The reasons for this are presented, and the detonation properties leading to increased size of the gap test are described. Finally, the recently developed 'super' gap test is compared to the others and its objective considered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADP005315

Entities

People

  • Donna Price

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Gaps
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Attenuators
  • Detonations
  • Diameters
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Field Tests
  • General Purpose Bombs
  • High Explosives
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Pentolite
  • Sensitivity
  • Sympathetic Detonations
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.