On beyond the standard model for high explosives: Challenges & obstacles to surmount

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1195, Issue , 2009, Pages 18-25

  Menikoff, Ralph ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detonation wave; Equation of state; Hot spots; Plastic bonded explosive; Shock initiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949106059     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3295100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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