Sustainable Ammunition Safety (SAS)
conference paper
In the Netherlands, no national industry in the field of energetic materials / ammunition for military applications is available. The knowledge of explosives, ammunition and ammunition on the vulnerability of platforms is limited, first to Defence regarding the logistical and operational practice and, second, to TNO and focuses mainly on fundamental and innovative ammunition-related research (including research IM).
In 2014 a new program starts for a period of 4 years, which has the following aim:
• Maintaining and further developing the technological knowledge and skills regarding the effects of ageing on the safe use of munitions and energetic materials contained therein;
• Providing a method for combining mechanical loads (IM perspective) in order to support the safety and reliability of ammunition during deployment in a dynamic spectrum;
• Developing a methodology that on the one hand provides insight into the factors that affect the life of the ammunition and other measures that can be used to positively influence the security, availability and lifetime taken;
• Developing a methodology in an operational situation to take regarding an extended lifespan in compliance with safe use and deployment a sound decision;
• Conducting an analysis focusing on the possible risks of taking on qualification and classification records of ammunition articles from other NATO countries or external parties and the transition from a full to a tailor-made TC process;
In this study attention is paid to “what are the consequences of applying IM materials on the explosive mass quantities, with the corresponding safety distances during transport and storage (larger masses are possible)”. Next point is to address the packaging. Would it be
possible by changing the package material to reduce / minimize the IM response. And finally is there a relationship to be established between the use of IM materials and design and therefore the cost of packaging of ammunition items.
Besides the IM issue effort is put in optimalisation of the Type-classification process, ageing and modeling of energetic materials and compositions with adequate models and analytical techniques.
In 2014 a new program starts for a period of 4 years, which has the following aim:
• Maintaining and further developing the technological knowledge and skills regarding the effects of ageing on the safe use of munitions and energetic materials contained therein;
• Providing a method for combining mechanical loads (IM perspective) in order to support the safety and reliability of ammunition during deployment in a dynamic spectrum;
• Developing a methodology that on the one hand provides insight into the factors that affect the life of the ammunition and other measures that can be used to positively influence the security, availability and lifetime taken;
• Developing a methodology in an operational situation to take regarding an extended lifespan in compliance with safe use and deployment a sound decision;
• Conducting an analysis focusing on the possible risks of taking on qualification and classification records of ammunition articles from other NATO countries or external parties and the transition from a full to a tailor-made TC process;
In this study attention is paid to “what are the consequences of applying IM materials on the explosive mass quantities, with the corresponding safety distances during transport and storage (larger masses are possible)”. Next point is to address the packaging. Would it be
possible by changing the package material to reduce / minimize the IM response. And finally is there a relationship to be established between the use of IM materials and design and therefore the cost of packaging of ammunition items.
Besides the IM issue effort is put in optimalisation of the Type-classification process, ageing and modeling of energetic materials and compositions with adequate models and analytical techniques.
TNO Identifier
520974
Source title
45th International Annual Conference of Fraunhofer ICT - Energetic Materials: Particles, Processing, Applications, Karlsruhe, Germany, 24-27 June 2014
Pages
V10 (1 p.)
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