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Title: High explosive corner turning performance and the LANL Mushroom test

Abstract

The Mushroom test is designed to characterize the corner turning performance of a new generation of less insensitive booster explosives. The test is described in detail, and three corner turning figures-of-merit are examined using pure TATB (both Livermore`s Ultrafine and a Los Alamos research blend) and PBX9504 as examples.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
532574
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-97-2509; CONF-970707-12
ON: DE97009112; TRN: AHC29721%%124
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Conference: Meeting of the topical group on shock compression of condensed matter of the American Physical Society, Amherst, MA (United States), 27 Jul - 1 Aug 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES; PERFORMANCE; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY; EXPLOSIONS; DETONATION WAVES; PERFORMANCE TESTING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA

Citation Formats

Hill, L G, Seitz, W L, Forest, C A, and Harry, H H. High explosive corner turning performance and the LANL Mushroom test. United States: N. p., 1997. Web. doi:10.2172/532574.
Hill, L G, Seitz, W L, Forest, C A, & Harry, H H. High explosive corner turning performance and the LANL Mushroom test. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/532574
Hill, L G, Seitz, W L, Forest, C A, and Harry, H H. 1997. "High explosive corner turning performance and the LANL Mushroom test". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/532574. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/532574.
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author = {Hill, L G and Seitz, W L and Forest, C A and Harry, H H},
abstractNote = {The Mushroom test is designed to characterize the corner turning performance of a new generation of less insensitive booster explosives. The test is described in detail, and three corner turning figures-of-merit are examined using pure TATB (both Livermore`s Ultrafine and a Los Alamos research blend) and PBX9504 as examples.},
doi = {10.2172/532574},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997},
month = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997}
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