Data Analysis for Explosive Firesets

Technical Report · Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1207761· OSTI ID:1207761

Barks, Thomas A. ^[1]

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

I analyzed the data from various detonators at different initial voltages to find the RLC values (resistance, inductance, capacitance) of the fireset. The data I was given contained a current and voltage for each time value taken on nanosecond intervals. From this, I was able to make plots of several variables to try and find which if any of variables correlated with a burst or a go. These results will allow us to fully understand what is required to achieve a burst in the bridgewire so that we can know what is safe or what will never cause detonation. We may also be able to predict the outcome of using the same fireset with different detonators or with different sizes or materials of bridgewire.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1207761
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-15-26000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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