Detonation properties of the insensitive explosive TATB
Studies of the detonation properties of TATB have uncovered and characterized many of the unexpectedly large changes in the divergence of the detonation wave in TATB when various HE parameters are changed. The threshold flyer velocities required to initiate various formulations of TATB and the transit time of the detonation through pellets of the explosive were determined. The characterization of TATB still leaves much room for investigation particularly in the effects of HE particle size and in the explosive's behavior under differing means of initiation. The effects observed in TATB may be indicative of similar effects which may occur on a much smaller scale in other pressed organic explosives. If this is true, TATB-like explosives provide an especially useful tool for studying the general initiation and detonation properties of high explosives.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 7363300
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-77755(Rev.1); CONF-760616-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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