Friction and Impact Sensitivities for High Explosives

Abstract

Understanding sensitivities of energetic materials under specific initiation modes is critical for: Safe handling and accident prevention during development, production, transportation, and storage; Material's design application. Two major approaches have to be considered in planning for safe handling of energetic materials: Establish the necessary conditions to prevent a premature initiation; Limit the degree of personnel and property damage that would result if an accident were to occur. A premature initiation could be caused by one or a combination of the following: Impact; Friction; Electrostatic discharge; Heat; etc.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADP005317

Entities

People

  • Genola F. Hall
  • Pu S. Wang

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Availability
  • California
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Friction
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Production
  • Sensitivity
  • Symposia
  • Transportation

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