Open AccessHigh explosive corner turning performance and the LANL Mushroom test
Author(s) -
Larry Hill,
W.L. Seitz,
C.A. Forest,
Herbert H. Harry
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/532574
Subject(s) - booster (rocketry) , explosive material , tatb , mushroom , rock blasting , materials science , nuclear engineering , engineering , aerospace engineering , geology , chemistry , detonation , mining engineering , paleontology , organic chemistry
The Mushroom test is designed to characterize the corner turning performance of a new generation of less insensitive booster explosives. The test is described in detail, and three corner turning figures-of-merit are examined using pure TATB (both Livermore`s Ultrafine and a Los Alamos research blend) and PBX9504 as examples