@inproceedings{e83473f022c0451f959d7bb69d56babc,
title = "Experimental study of structure/behavior relationship for a metallized explosive",
abstract = "Metal powders are commonly added to explosive formulations to modify the blast behavior. Although detonation velocity is typically reduced compared to the neat explosive, the metal provides other benefits. Aluminum is a common additive to increase the overall energy output and high-density metals can be useful for enhancing momentum transfer to a target. Typically, metal powder is homogeneously distributed throughout the material; in this study, controlled distributions of metal powder in explosive formulations were investigated. The powder structures were printed using powder bed printing and the porous structures were filled with explosives to create bulk explosive composites. In all cases, the overall ratio between metal and explosive was maintained, but the powder distribution was varied. Samples utilizing uniform distributions to represent typical materials, discrete pockets of metal powder, and controlled, graded powder distributions were created. Detonation experiments were performed to evaluate the influence of metal powder design on the output pressure/time and the overall impulse.",
author = "Bukovsky, {Eric V.} and Reeves, {Robert V.} and Ajay Krish and Gash, {Alex E.} and Glumac, {Nick G.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Author(s).; 20th Biennial American Physical Society Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2017 ; Conference date: 09-07-2017 Through 14-07-2017",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1063/1.5044962",
language = "English (US)",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
editor = "Knudson, {Marcus D.} and Brown, {Eric N.} and Ricky Chau and Germann, {Timothy C.} and Lane, {J. Matthew D.} and Eggert, {Jon H.}",
booktitle = "Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2017",
}