Momentum transfer in indirect explosive drive
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Material which is not in direct contact with detonating explosives may still be driven by the explosion through impact by driven material or by attachment to driven material. In such circumstances the assumption of inelastic collision permits estimation of the final velocity of an assemblage. Examples of the utility of this assumption are demonstrated through use of Gurney equations. The inelastic collision calculation may also be used for metal parts which are driven by explosives partially covering the metal. We offer a new discounting angle to account for side energy losses from laterally unconfined explosive charges in cases where the detonation wave travels parallel to the surface which is driven.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 270315
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--96-1837; SAND--96-1606C; CONF-9607122--2; ON: DE96012200
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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