The role of aluminum in the detonation and post-detonation expansion of selected cast HMX-based explosives

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-206

  Manner, Virginia W ^a   Pemberton, Steven J ^a   Gunderson, Jake A ^a   Herrera, Tommy J ^a   Lloyd, Joseph M ^a   Salazar, Patrick J ^a   Rae, Philip ^a   Tappan, Bryce C ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Detonation; HMX; Lithium fluoride; Non ideal

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FORMULATION; BLAST EFFECTS; CYLINDER TESTS; CYLINDER WALLS; DETONATION VELOCITY; ENERGY RELEASE; HYDRO CODES; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; NEAR-FIELD; NON-IDEAL; NON-IDEAL EXPLOSIVES; PLATE TEST; PLATE VELOCITY; STEEL PLATES; TEMPORAL REGIMES; TIME-SCALES; WALL VELOCITY;

ALUMINUM; CURING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EXPERIMENTS; HMX; LITHIUM; SHOCK WAVES; VELOCITY;

DETONATION;

EID: 84859973664     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201100138     Document Type: Article

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