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Flyer plate performance and the initiation of insensitive explosives by flyer plate impact. [TATB]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7193240
A technique is presented in which a few experiments yield data for an analytical expression which predicts flyer plate velocity as a function of the flyer/explosive mass ratio. A test method for determining initiation sensitivity of one difficult-to-initiate explosive, TATB, also is presented. Effects of explosive density and elevated temperature on the results are illustrated. The initiation product, P/super n/Tau, is shown.
Research Organization:
Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, N.Mex. (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AT(29-1)-789
OSTI ID:
7193240
Report Number(s):
SAND-75-0461
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English