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Delayed Initiation in a Model Energetic Material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

D. H. Robertson,
D. W. Brenner and
C. T. White
D. H. Robertson
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5320
D. W. Brenner
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5320
C. T. White
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5320
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Abstract

We present a simulation studying the initiation of a model energetic molecular solid. For low-velocity, massive flyer-plate impact, the model detonation initiates behind a compaction shock. This detonation front subsequently overtakes the compaction shock exhibiting a behavior qualitatively similar to that observed in experminental studies of homogeneous initiation and delayed detonation from low velocity impact.

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