High-speed photography and spectroscopy in determining the nature number and evolution of hot-spots in energetic materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4948, Issue , 2002, Pages 510-518

  Proud, William G ^a   Crossland, Edward J W ^a   Field, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explosives; High speed imaging; Hot spots; Ignition; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSION TESTING; EXPLOSIVES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

HIGH SPEED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HIGH SPEED SPECTROSCOPY; HOT SPOT FORMATION;

HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344851734     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.516944     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (18)

1. F. P. Bowden and A. D. Yoffe, Initiation and Growth of Explosion in Liquids and Solids (republ. 1985) (Cambridge University Press, 1952).
2. J.E. Field, G.M. Swallowe and S.N. Heavens, Ignition mechanisms of explosives during mechanical deformation, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 382 (1982), 231-244
3. F. P. Bowden and M. P. McOnie, Formation of cavities and microjets in liquids and their role in initiation and growth of explosion, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 298, 38-50, 1967.
4. G. D. Coley and J. E. Field, The role of cavities in the initiation and growth of explosion in liquids, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 335, 67-86, 1973.
5. N. K. Bourne and J. E. Field, Bubble collapse and the initiation of explosion, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 435, 423-435, 1991.
6. E. Wlodarczyk, Analysis of the efficiency of initiation of detonation by 'hot spots' generated by shock compression of gas bubbles included in the explosive. I: Analysis of the experimental data, J. Tech. Phys. 33, 35-61, 1992.
7. E. Wlodarczyk, Analysis of the efficiency of initiation of a detonation by hot spots generated by shock compression of gas bubbles included in the explosive. II: Theoretical analysis, J. Tech. Phys. 33, 133-166, 1992.
8. N. K. Bourne and J. E. Field, Explosive ignition by the collapse of cavities, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 455, 2411-2426, 1999.
9. W. Holmes, R.S. Francis and M.D. Fayer, Crack propagation induced heating in crystalline energetic materials, J. Chem. Phys., 110, 3576-3583, 1999
10. M.M. Chaudhri, J.E. Field, S.N. Heavens and M. Coley, Studies of the initiation of explosives using high-speed photography, 10th International Conference on High-speed Photography, 1972
11. D.A. Kramer, Explosives, Minerals Yearbook 1998, U.S. Geological Survey, 26.2, 1998 (updated yearly)
12. C.Dawson, The Fertiliser Review, Fertiliser Manufacturers Association, UK, 2002 (updated monthly)
13. C.Oommen and S.R. Jain, Ammonium Nitrate: A promising rocket propellant oxidiser, J. Hazard. Mater. A-67, 253-281, 1999
14. R. Merrifield and P.A. Moreton, An examination of the major-accident record for explosives manufacturing and storage in the UK, J. Hazard. Mater., A-63, 107-118, 1998
15. J.S. Ingman, G.J. Kearley and S.F.A. Kettle, Optical and thermal studies of transitions between phases II, III and IV of ammonium nitrate, J. Chem. Soc. Farad. Trans. (I) 78, 1817-1826, 1982
16. G.W. Smith, M.J. Richies, R.B. Huxford, P.A. Smith, C.L.G. Seymour and J.D. Bell, The Ultra, a new approach to ultra high speed framing cameras, High-speed Photography and Photonics, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4183, 105-1128, 2001
17. S.A. Sheffield, R.L. Gustavsen and R.R. Alcon, Porous HMX initiation studies - Sugar as an inert HMX simulant, Proceedings of Shock Compression of Condensed Matter 1997, The American Institute of Physics, 1998
18. M. M. Chaudhri and J. E. Field, The role of rapidly-compressed gas pockets in the initiation of condensed explosives, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A340, 113, 1974.