Planning and preliminary design of a contained firing chamber to resist blast effects of 60kg of energetic chemical explosive

Conference · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10156227

Pastrnak, J W; Baker, C F; Simmons, L F

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Nuclear Weapons Design Program operates explosive testing facilities at its Site 300 open air explosive test facility. LLNL is developing a blast containment facility to reduce emissions of hazardous materials and reduce the amount of contaminated waste generated from explosive testing of chemical explosives. The firing chamber is designed to contain the blast over pressure and fragment effects from detonations of cased explosive charges up to 60kg of PBX-94042 or an equivalent TNT{sup 3} design weight of 206 lbs. The inside walls of the chamber are protected from high velocity fragments from cased explosive detonations. All structural elements of the firing chamber are designed to remain elastic when subjected to blast to permit repetitive firings. The firing chamber is designed to minimize the release of hazardous material to the environment with a goal of near zero discharge. The objective of this project is to e hazardous emissions to the environment, reduce quantities of hazardous waste, and to provide a continuing capability to test high explosives. We believe this project will be the pace setter in the area of explosive testing technology.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10156227
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-113056; CONF-930681-1; ON: DE93014654
• Resource Relation: Conference: 24. international annual conference of the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technologies,Karlsruhe (Germany),29 Jun - 2 Jul 1993; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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