Characterising the response of energetic materials and polymer-bonded explosives (PBXs) to high-rate loading

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 896, Issue , 2006, Pages 225-236

  Proud, W G ^a   Greenaway, M W ^a   Siviour, C R ^a   Czerski, H ^a   Field, J E ^a   Porter, D ^b   Gould, P ^b   Church, P D ^c   Cullis, I G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^c QineliQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

HIGH-RATE LOADING; POLYMER-BONDED EXPLOSIVES (PBX); RDX/TNT;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 33646937772     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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