Flyer impact experiment to study vulnerability and reactivity of gun propellant formulations
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A flyer impact experiment to study the vulnerability of propellant formulations is designed.
The shock wave conditions of the impacting flyer are related to the energy transfer from a single detonating propellant grain as found by numerical simulation. A propellant will react due to the imposed shock from the impacting flyer. The reactivity of the propellant formulation is quantified by the volume of the dent created in an aluminium witness block.
This flyer impact experiment simulates the propellant grain-to-grain sympathetic reaction in a shaped charge attack on a gun propellant bed.
The shock wave conditions of the impacting flyer are related to the energy transfer from a single detonating propellant grain as found by numerical simulation. A propellant will react due to the imposed shock from the impacting flyer. The reactivity of the propellant formulation is quantified by the volume of the dent created in an aluminium witness block.
This flyer impact experiment simulates the propellant grain-to-grain sympathetic reaction in a shaped charge attack on a gun propellant bed.
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TNO Identifier
160329
Source
Measurement Science and Technology, 20, pp. 5.
Article nr.
095712
Pages
5
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