Detonation wave velocity and curvature of IRX-4 and PBXN-110

Journal Article · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.50605· OSTI ID:561748

Lemar, E R; Forbes, J W; Sutherland, G T ^[1]

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1. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Silver Spring, Maryland 20903-5640 (United States)

Detonation velocities and wave front curvatures were measured for bare cylindrical charges of IRX-4 and PBXN-110 charges. Steady detonation waves propagated in IRX-4 charges with diameters as small as 33 mm. The failure diameter of IRX-4 is between 25 and 33 mm. A fit of detonation velocity data gives 5.83 mm/{mu}s for IRX-4{close_quote}s infinite diameter velocity. Detonation wave curvature experiments have been done on 48 mm diameter cylindrical IRX-4 charges with lengths from 9 to 28 cm. The data have been fitted accurately over the entire charge diameters using the natural logarithm of a Bessel function. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 561748
• Report Number(s): CONF-950846--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 370; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
CONFIGURATION
DETONATION WAVES
VELOCITY
WAVE PROPAGATION