High explosive corner turning performance and the LANL mushroom test

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.55675· OSTI ID:295486

Hill, L G; Seitz, W L; Forest, C A; Harry, H H ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

The Mushroom test is designed to characterize the corner turning performance of a new generation of less sensitive booster explosives. The test is described in detail, and three corner turning figures-of-merit are examined using pure TATB (both Livermore{close_quote}s Ultrafine and a Los Alamos research blend) and PBX9504 as examples. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 295486
• Report Number(s): CONF-970707-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9902M0053
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 429, Issue 1; 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: Jul 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DETONATION WAVES
WAVE PROPAGATION
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