Preparation of candidate energetic materials for munition acceleration
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5770071
A small task was undertaken to supply candidate propellants or explosives to the Tomahawk program covering a wide range of explosiveness. Small discs of material were needed for a screening test to determine the ability of the propellant or explosive to accelerate a munition to about 60 m/s (200 ft/s) with an explosive-like reaction without damaging the munition. The scheme was an alternative to more conventional solid propellant motors. A preliminary trial with C-4 explosive was very promising but caused some damage to the munition. The strategy in this task was to select energetic composite explosives and propellants which varied in their tendency to detonate and could be expected to react in a vigorous deflagration or weak detonation.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5770071
- Report Number(s):
- UCID-18297
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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