Accession Number:
AD0738152
Title:
A Simplistic Approach to the Shock Initiation of Detonation in Heterogeneous Explosives.
Descriptive Note:
Memorandum rept.,
Corporate Author:
BALLISTIC RESEARCH LABS ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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Report Date:
1972-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
25.0
Abstract:
A model of the shock initiation of heterogeneous explosives is presented. The model is based upon a hotspot ignition mechanism. Choice of the energy density as the independent variable in the problem permits separation of Hugoniot effects from the buildup process, and leads to a critical condition for initiation which is independent of the loading density. The model is found to be consistent with data from the literature on porous tetryl. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Explosions