The potential of FOX-7 explosive in insensitive munition design

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Cullis, Ian G ^a   Townsley, Richard ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDER TESTS; EQUATION OF STATE; GURNEY ENERGY; HYDROCODE SIMULATION; INSENSITIVE MUNITIONS;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

AMMUNITION;

EID: 80051902551     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004282     Document Type: Article

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