Dead zones in LX-17 and PBX 9502

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-97

  Souers, P Clark ^a   Andreski, Henry G ^a   Batteux, Jan ^a   Bratton, Brad ^a   Cabacungan, Chris ^a   Cook III, Charles F ^a   Fletcher, Sabrina ^a   Garza, Raul ^a   Grimsley, Denise ^a   Handly, Jeff ^a   Hernandez, Andy ^a   McMaster, Pat ^a   Molitoris, John D ^a   Palmer, Rick ^a   Prindiville, Jim ^a   Rodriguez, John ^a   Schneberk, Dan ^a   Wong, Bradley ^a   Vitello, Peter ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corner Turning; Dead Zone; Failure; Reactive Flow; X Ray

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); DETONATION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

CORNER TURNING; DEAD ZONES; FAILURES; REACTIVE FLOW;

EXPLOSIVES;

CYLINDERS; EXPLOSIVES; IGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; X RAYS;

EID: 33646196902     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200600014     Document Type: Article

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