SMIS PBX-9502 Test Report

Technical Report · Fri Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1127475· OSTI ID:1127475

Marr-Lyon, Mark ^[1]; Sandoval, Thomas D. ^[1]; Herrera, Dennis H. ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Two impact experiments in the Specific Munitions Impact Scenario (SMIS) configuration [1{3] were performed on September 3 and 4, 2013 at Lower Slobbovia ring site. Targets of the high explosive PBX-9502 were impacted with 1/2-inch diameter low-carbon steel spheres red from a 30-mm powder gun at velocities of approximately 2.5 km/s. In one experiment the target was cased in a steel cylinder with steel end plates, and in the second the target was cased in a plastic cylinder with a thin steel front cover plate and a thick steel rear plate. In neither experiment did the PBX-9502 detonate, though some material reacted in the impact

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1127475
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-14-22458
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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