High strain rate characterisation of a polymer bonded sugar

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 845 II, Issue , 2006, Pages 905-908

  Laity, P R ^a   Siviour, C R ^b   Church, P D ^c   Proud, W G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hopkinson bar; Polymer bonded explosive (PBX); X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846229707     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2263468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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