Measurement of the stress/strain response of energetic materials as a function of strain rate and temperature: PBX 9501 and Mock 9501
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
We have measured the stress/strain behavior of PBX 9501, Mock 900-21 and two new mocks consisting of monoclinic granular sugar embedded in (1) a BDNPA-F/estane binder (a PBX 9501 material mock; a hard organic crystal embedded in a plastic) and (2) neat estane (an LX-14 mock) at strain rates from 10{sup {minus}3} to 10{sup {minus}1}, at two L/D{close_quote}s and at two temperatures (25 and 60 C). We find that the compressive strength falls with increasing temperature and rises with increasing strain rate. We also find that the new PBX 9501 sugar mock most closely resembles the behavior of the PBX 9501 explosive and differences may be attributable to the different ages of the estane binder used. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 561644
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950846-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9716M0006
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 370, Issue 1; Conference: American Physical Society biennial conference on shock compression of condensed matter, Seattle, WA (United States), 13-18 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: May 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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