Title
Shear initiated reactions in energetic and reactive materials
Author
Meuken, B.
Martinez Pacheco, M.
Verbeek, H.J.
Bouma, R.H.B.
Katgerman, L.
TNO Defensie en Veiligheid
Contributor
Thadhani, N.N. (editor)
Armstrong, R.W. (editor)
Gash, A.E. (editor)
Wilson, W.H. (editor)
Publication year
2006
Abstract
Deformation of energetic materials may cause undesired reactions and therefore hazardous situations. The deformation of an energetic material and in particular shear deformation is studied in this paper. Understanding of the phenomena leading to shear initiation is not only necessary to explain for example the response of munitions to intrusions or large deformations imposed in storage and transportation accidents. A fundamental understanding of shear initiation also provides the opportunity to initiate energetic materials in a different and controlled manner, and possibly with a tailored reaction rate of the material. Several small and large scale experiments have been performed in which a shear deformation is imposed onto high explosives as well as thermite based reactive materials. Experiments are numerically simulated in order to correlate small and large scale experiments and understand the initiation mechanisms. © 2006 Materials Research Society.
Subject
Accidents
Computer simulation
Large scale systems
Rate constants
Reaction kinetics
Shear deformation
Reaction rate
Shear initiated reactions
Thermite based reactive materials
Explosives
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TNO identifier
183371
Report number
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Publisher
Materials Research Society, Warrendale
ISBN
1558998519
ISSN
0272-9172
Source
Multifunctional Energetic materials. Symposium held November 28-30, 2005, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 203-210
Document type
conference paper