Thermal Cook-off of an HMX Based Explosive: Pressure Gauge Experiments and Modeling
Safety issues related to thermal cook-off are important for handling and storing explosive devices. Violence of event as a function of confinement is important for prediction of collateral events. There are major issues, which require an understanding of the following events: (1) transit to detonation of a pressure wave from a cook-off event, (2) sensitivity of HMX based explosives changes with thermally induced phase transitions and (3) the potential danger of neighboring explosive devices being affected by a cook-off reaction. Results of cook-off events of known size, confinement and thermal history allows for development and/or calibrating computer models for calculating events that are difficult to measure experimentally.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 15005671
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-143889; TRN: US0305598
- Resource Relation:
- Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: International Workshop: New Models and Hydrocodes for Shock Wave Processes in Condensed Matter, Edinburgh (GB), 05/19/2002--05/24/2002; Other Information: PBD: 2 Apr 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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