Shockless Compression Studies of HMX-Based and TATB-Based Explosives

Melvin Baer; Seth Root; Dana Dattelbaum; Dan Hooks; Rick Gustavsen; Bruce Orler; Tim Pierce; Frank Garcia; Kevin Vandersall; Stan DeFisher; Brian Travers

Shockless Compression Studies of HMX-Based and TATB-Based Explosives

ORAL

Abstract

Several HMX-based and TATB-based explosive samples along with their constituent binders were subjected to shockless compression to determine the material response at high stresses. A Velocity Interferometer System for Any Reflector (VISAR) was used to measure the transmitted wave profiles. The measured wave profiles were compared to calculated profiles generated from backward and forward analysis procedures using optimization methods. These results were used to determine the constitutive and equation of state (EOS) properties of the explosives and binders.

^*Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.

June 30, 2009, 1:45 PM – June 30, 2009, 2:00 PM

Authors

Melvin Baer
- Sandia National Laboratories
Seth Root
- Sandia National Laboratories
Dana Dattelbaum
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dan Hooks
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
Rick Gustavsen
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bruce Orler
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
Tim Pierce
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
Frank Garcia
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Kevin Vandersall
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Stan DeFisher
- U.S. Army ARDEC
Brian Travers
- U.S. Army ARDEC