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A Design Criterion for Permissible Water Gel Explosives
Author(s) -
Krishna Mohan V.,
Srinivas M. A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.19790040103
Subject(s) - explosive material , detonation , oxygen balance , inert , inert gas , computer science , mathematics , environmental science , process engineering , oxygen , chemistry , materials science , engineering , composite material , organic chemistry
Abstract This paper presents an analysis of the relationship between oxygen balance, inert content, computed detonation parameters and incendivity for several water‐gel explosives. A mathematical technique has been developed for correlating compositional details and the permissibility test result for a number of existing compositions. The analysis covers two types of explosive compositions and three categories of permissibility tests. Using energy of detonation, oxygen balance and percentages of water and sodium chloride in the composition, this technique is able to consistently predict the permissibility test result with less than 10% exceptions. It is felt that this method will facilitate the design of new explosive formulations which have a high probability of success in permissibility tests.