While the moisture content of soil affects significantly the blast impulse of shallow buried explosives,the role of surface-covering water(SCW)on soil in such blast impulse remains elusive.A combined experimental and ...While the moisture content of soil affects significantly the blast impulse of shallow buried explosives,the role of surface-covering water(SCW)on soil in such blast impulse remains elusive.A combined experimental and numerical study has been carried out to characterize the effect of SCW on transferred impulse and loading magnitude of shallow buried explosives.Firstly,blast tests of shallow buried explosives were conducted,with and without the SCW,to quantitatively assess the blast loading impulse.Subsequently,finite element(FE)simulations were performed and validated against experimental measurement,with good agreement achieved.The validated FE model was then employed to predict the dynamic response of a fully-clamped metallic circular target,subjected to the explosive impact of shallow buried explosives with SCW,and explore the corresponding physical mechanisms.It was demonstrated that shallow buried explosives in saturated soil generate a greater impulse transferred towards the target relative to those in dry soil.The deformation displacement of the target plate is doubled.Increasing the height of SCW results in enhanced center peak deflection of the loaded target,accompanied by subsequent fall,due to the variation of deformation pattern of the loaded target from concentrated load to uniform load.Meanwhile,the presence of SCW increases the blast impulse transferred towards the target by three times.In addition,there exists a threshold value of the burial depth that maximizes the impact impulse.This threshold exhibits a strong sensitivity to SCW height,decreasing with increasing SCW height.An empirical formula for predicting threshold has been provided.Similar conclusions can be drawn for different explosive masses.The results provide technical guidance on blast loading intensity and its spatial distribution considering shallow buried explosives in coast-land battlefields,which can ultimately contribute to better protective designs.展开更多
The detonation of fuel-rich explosives yields combustible products that persistently burn upon mixing with ambient oxygen,releasing additional energy through a phenomenon known as the afterburning effect.This process ...The detonation of fuel-rich explosives yields combustible products that persistently burn upon mixing with ambient oxygen,releasing additional energy through a phenomenon known as the afterburning effect.This process greatly influences the evolution of confined blast loading and the subsequent structural response,which is crucial in confined blast scenarios.Given the complex nature of the reaction process,accurate analysis of the afterburning effect remains challenging.Previous studies have either overlooked the mechanisms of detonation product combustion or failed to provide experimental validation.This study introduces a three-dimensional model to effectively characterize the combustion of detonation products.The model integrates chemical reaction source terms into the governing equations to consider the combustion processes.Numerical simulations and experimental tests were conducted to analyze the combustion and energy release from the detonation products of fuel-rich explosives in confined spaces.Approximately 50%of the energy was released during the combustion of detonation products in a confined TNT explosion.Although the combustion of these products was much slower than the detonation process,it aligned with the dynamic response of the structure,which enhanced the explosive yield.Excluding afterburning from the analysis reduced the center-point deformation of the structure by 30%.Following the inclusion of afterburning,the simulated quasistatic pressure increased by approximately 45%.Subsequent comparisons highlighted the merits of the proposed approach over conventional methods.This approach eliminates the reliance on empirical parameters,such as the amount and rate of energy release during afterburning,thereby laying the foundation for understanding load evolution in more complex environments,such as ships,buildings,and underground tunnels.展开更多
DNAN-based insensitive melt-cast explosives have been widely utilized in insensitive munition in recent years. When constrained DNAN-based melt-cast explosives are ignited under thermal stimulation, the base explosive...DNAN-based insensitive melt-cast explosives have been widely utilized in insensitive munition in recent years. When constrained DNAN-based melt-cast explosives are ignited under thermal stimulation, the base explosive exists in a molten liquid state, where high-temperature gases expand and react in the form of bubble clouds within the liquid explosive;this process is distinctly different from the dynamic crack propagation process observed in the case of solid explosives. In this study, a control model for the reaction evolution of burning-bubble clouds was established to describe the reaction process and quantify the reaction violence of DNAN-based melt-cast explosives, considering the size distribution and activation mechanism of the burning-bubble clouds. The feasibility of the model was verified through experimental results. The results revealed that under geometrically similar conditions, with identical confinement strength and aspect ratio, larger charge structures led to extended initial gas flow and surface burning processes, resulting in greater reaction equivalence and violence at the casing fracture.Under constant charge volume and size, a stronger casing confinement accelerated self-enhanced burning, increasing the internal pressure, reaction degree, and reaction violence. Under a constant casing thickness and radius, higher aspect ratios led to a greater reaction violence at the casing fracture.Moreover, under a constant charge volume and casing thickness, higher aspect ratios resulted in a higher internal pressure, increased reaction degree, and greater reaction violence at the casing fracture. Further,larger ullage volumes extended the reaction evolution time and increased the reaction violence under constant casing dimensions. Through a matching design of the opening threshold of the pressure relief holes and the relief structure area, a stable burning reaction could be maintained until completion,thereby achieving a control of the reaction violence. The proposed model could effectively reflect the effects of the intrinsic burning rate, casing confinement strength, charge size, ullage volume, and pressure relief structure on the reaction evolution process and reaction violence, providing a theoretical method for the thermal safety design and reaction violence evaluation of melt-cast explosives.展开更多
Realizing effective enhancement in the thermally conductive performance of polymer bonded explosives(PBXs) is vital for improving the resultant environmental adaptabilities of the PBXs composites. Herein, a kind of pr...Realizing effective enhancement in the thermally conductive performance of polymer bonded explosives(PBXs) is vital for improving the resultant environmental adaptabilities of the PBXs composites. Herein, a kind of primary-secondary thermally conductive network was designed by water-suspension granulation, surface coating, and hot-pressing procedures in the graphene-based PBXs composites to greatly increase the thermal conductive performance of the composites. The primary network with a threedimensional structure provided the heat-conducting skeleton, while the secondary network in the polymer matrix bridged the primary network to increase the network density. The enhancement efficiency in the thermally conductive performance of the composites reached the highest value of 59.70% at a primary-secondary network ratio of 3:1. Finite element analysis confirmed the synergistic enhancement effect of the primary and secondary thermally conductive networks. This study introduces an innovative approach to designing network structures for PBX composites, significantly enhancing their thermal conductivity.展开更多
The new CL-20(hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane)type aluminized explosives in the overdrive detonation(ODD)conditions of the core problem is how to accurately represent the state of the overdrive detonation products.To th...The new CL-20(hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane)type aluminized explosives in the overdrive detonation(ODD)conditions of the core problem is how to accurately represent the state of the overdrive detonation products.To this end,this paper is based on the impedance matching method to test the ODD conditions of CL-20 type aluminium explosive particle velocity.Calculated the interfacial pressure of the shock wave in different media.Determined the characteristic parameters of the reaction zone of the detonation of CL-20 aluminized explosives.Calibrated the parameters of the JoneseWilkinseLee(JWL)+γ equation for the detonation products(DPs).Revealed the effect of different DPs equation of state(EOS)on the Hugoniot pressure of ODD.The results indicate that when the content of aluminum powder ranges from 0%to 30%,the duration of the ODD reaction zone and the width of the detonation reaction zone of the CL-20-based aluminized explosive are directly proportional to the content of aluminum powder.The width of the detonation reaction zone is increased by 1.97 times to 2.7 times compared to that of the reaction zone without the addition of aluminum powder.However,the energy release efficiency of the detonation reaction zone is inversely proportional to the content of aluminum powder.When the aluminum powder content was held constant,the incorporation of AP caused a 25%reduction in the energy release efficiency of the detonation reaction zone.Compared with existing ODD state equations,the JWL +γ equation is superior in calibrating overpressure Hugoniot data and the isentropic expansion in the C-J state.The deviation between calculated pressure results and experimental measurements is within 6%.展开更多
In this review, excerpts from the literature of thermobaric(TBX) and enhanced blast explosives(EBX) that are concentrated on studies that include their compositions, properties, reactive metal components, modeling and...In this review, excerpts from the literature of thermobaric(TBX) and enhanced blast explosives(EBX) that are concentrated on studies that include their compositions, properties, reactive metal components, modeling and computations are presented.展开更多
Detonation performance is crucial for evaluating the power of high explosives(HEs),and the equation of state(EOS)that accurately describes the high-temperature,high-pressure,and high-temperature,medium-pressure states...Detonation performance is crucial for evaluating the power of high explosives(HEs),and the equation of state(EOS)that accurately describes the high-temperature,high-pressure,and high-temperature,medium-pressure states of detonation products is key to assessing the damage efficiency of these energetic materials.This article examines the limitations of the VLW EOS in representing the thermodynamic states of explosive detonation gas products under high-temperature and medium-to high-pressure conditions.A new gas EOS for detonation products,called VHL(Virial-Han-Long),is proposed.The accuracy of VHL in describing gas states under high-temperature and medium-to high-pressure conditions is verified,and its performance in evaluating explosive detonation and working capabilities is explored.The results demonstrate that VHL exhibits high precision in calculating detonation performance.Subsequently,the detonation performance of three new HEs(ICM-101,ONC,and TNAZ)was calculated and compared to traditional HEs(TATB,CL-20,and HMX).The results indicate that ONC has superior detonation performance compared to the other explosives,while ICM-101 shows a detonation velocity similar to CL-20 but with slightly lower detonation pressure.The detonation characteristics of TNAZ are comparable to those of the standard HE HMX.From the perspective of products,considering the comprehensive work performance(mechanical work and detonation heat),both ONC and ICM-101demonstrate relatively superior performance.展开更多
Shock wave caused by a sudden release of high-energy,such as explosion and blast,usually affects a significant range of areas.The utilization of a uniform fine mesh to capture sharp shock wave and to obtain precise re...Shock wave caused by a sudden release of high-energy,such as explosion and blast,usually affects a significant range of areas.The utilization of a uniform fine mesh to capture sharp shock wave and to obtain precise results is inefficient in terms of computational resource.This is particularly evident when large-scale fluid field simulations are conducted with significant differences in computational domain size.In this work,a variable-domain-size adaptive mesh enlargement(vAME)method is developed based on the proposed adaptive mesh enlargement(AME)method for modeling multi-explosives explosion problems.The vAME method reduces the division of numerous empty areas or unnecessary computational domains by adaptively suspending enlargement operation in one or two directions,rather than in all directions as in AME method.A series of numerical tests via AME and vAME with varying nonintegral enlargement ratios and different mesh numbers are simulated to verify the efficiency and order of accuracy.An estimate of speedup ratio is analyzed for further efficiency comparison.Several large-scale near-ground explosion experiments with single/multiple explosives are performed to analyze the shock wave superposition formed by the incident wave,reflected wave,and Mach wave.Additionally,the vAME method is employed to validate the accuracy,as well as to investigate the performance of the fluid field and shock wave propagation,considering explosive quantities ranging from 1 to 5 while maintaining a constant total mass.The results show a satisfactory correlation between the overpressure versus time curves for experiments and numerical simulations.The vAME method yields a competitive efficiency,increasing the computational speed to 3.0 and approximately 120,000 times in comparison to AME and the fully fine mesh method,respectively.It indicates that the vAME method reduces the computational cost with minimal impact on the results for such large-scale high-energy release problems with significant differences in computational domain size.展开更多
Pressure histories were tested in a 500-L chamber to identify the pressure load in confined explosion from aluminized explosives. Different aluminized explosives with Al/O, ranging from 0.25 to 1.23, were used. The re...Pressure histories were tested in a 500-L chamber to identify the pressure load in confined explosion from aluminized explosives. Different aluminized explosives with Al/O, ranging from 0.25 to 1.23, were used. The recorded pressure curves could express the reflection of initial shock wave and the after burning combustion of aluminum. As there is no objective way to gain quasi-static pressure(P_(QS)),method of multipoint averaging was used in smoothing the original pressure curves to gain the P_(QS). The P_(QS),rising time of pressure(t_(QS)) which stands for the duration of the initial reflected shock wave, and attenuation coefficient(ω) which stands for the supportive effects of the combustion of aluminum to the P_(QS) are used to characterize the pressure load in the confined explosion from aluminized explosives. The research results showed that the Al/O significantly affected the three characteristic quantities. With the increase of Al/O, the P_(QS) increased at first and decreased later, gaining maximum at Al/O=0.99; the t_(QS)sustained growth and the ω decreased at first and increased later, gaining minimum at AI/O=0.99.展开更多
This work describes thermal decomposition behaviour of plastic bonded explosives(PBXs) based on mixture of 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane(HMX) and 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene(TATB)with Viton A as poly...This work describes thermal decomposition behaviour of plastic bonded explosives(PBXs) based on mixture of 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane(HMX) and 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene(TATB)with Viton A as polymer binder. Thermal decomposition of PBXs was undertaken by applying simultaneous thermal analysis(STA) and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC) to investigate influence of the HMX amount on thermal behavior and its kinetics. Thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) indicated that the thermal decomposition of PBXs based on mixture of HMX and TATB was occurred in a three-steps. The first step was mainly due to decomposition of HMX. The second step was ascribed due to decomposition of TATB, while the third step was occurred due to decomposition of the polymer matrices. The thermal decomposition % was increased with increasing HMX amount. The kinetics related to thermal decomposition were investigated under non-isothermal for a single heating rate measurement. The variation in the activation energy of PBXs based on mixture of HMX and TATB was observed with varying the HMX amount. The kinetics from the results of TGA data at various heating rates under non-isothermal conditions were also calculated by Flynn—Wall—Ozawa(FWO) and Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose(KAS)methods. The activation energies calculated by employing FWO method were very close to those obtained by KAS method. The mean activation energy calculated by FWO and KAS methods was also a good agreement with the activation energy obtained from single heating rate measurement in the first step decomposition.展开更多
In order to give the energy output structure of typical explosives near-ground explosion in real ground conditions,the free-field shockwave,ground reflection shockwave and Mach wave overpressure time history of compos...In order to give the energy output structure of typical explosives near-ground explosion in real ground conditions,the free-field shockwave,ground reflection shockwave and Mach wave overpressure time history of composition B explosive,RDX explosive and aluminized explosive were measured by air pressure sensors and ground pressure sensors.The shape of the free-field shock wave,ground reflection shock wave,and Mach wave and explosion flame were captured by high-speed camera.The experimental results show that,at the same horizontal distance from the initiation point,the peak overpressure of explosive shock wave of composition B explosive,both in the air and on the ground,is less than that of RDX and aluminized explosives.At a distance of 3.0 m from the initiation point,the peak overpressure of aluminized explosives is slightly less than that of RDX explosives.Owing to the exothermic effect of aluminum powder,the pressure drop of aluminized explosives is slower than that of RDX explosives.At 5.0 m from the initiation point,the peak overpressure of aluminized explosives is larger than that of RDX explosives.At the same position from the initiation point,among the three kinds of explosives,the impulse of aluminized explosives is the maximum and the impulse of composition B explosives is the minimum.With the increase of the horizontal distance from the initiation point,the height of Mach triple-points(Mach steam)of the three explosives increases gradually.At the same horizontal distance from the initiation point,there is poorly difference in the height of Mach triple-points between aluminized explosive and RDX explosive,and the height of Mach triple-points of composition B explosive is much smaller than that of other two explosives.The maximum diameter and duration of the fireball formed by aluminized explosives are the largest,followed by composition B explosive,and the maximum diameter and duration of the fireball formed by RDX explosive are the smallest.展开更多
Heterocyclic skeleton(Azoles)and different energetic groups containing high performing explosives are highly emerged in recent years to meet the challenging requirements of energetic materials in both military and civ...Heterocyclic skeleton(Azoles)and different energetic groups containing high performing explosives are highly emerged in recent years to meet the challenging requirements of energetic materials in both military and civilian applications with improved performance.For this purpose tetrazole(Azole)is identified as an attractive heterocyclic backbone with energetic functional groups nitro(-NO_(2)),nitrato(-ONO_(2)),nitrimino(-NNO_(2)),and nitramino(eNHeNO_(2))to replace the traditionally used high performing explosives.The tetrazole based compounds having these energetic functional groups demonstrated advanced energetic performance(detonation velocity and pressure),densities,and heat of formation(HOF)and became a potential replacement of traditional energetic compounds such as RDX.This review presents a summary of the recently reported nitro-tetrazole energetic compounds containing poly-nitro,di/mono-nitro,nitrato/nitramino/nitrimino,bridged/bis/di tetrazole and nitro functional groups,describing their preparation methods,advance energetic properties,and further applications as highperforming explosives,especially those reported in the last decade.This review aims to provide a fresh concept for designing nitro-tetrazole based high performing explosives together with major challenges and perspectives.展开更多
In this study,hydrogen-storage glass microballoons were introduced into emulsion explosives to improve the detonation performance of the explosives.The effect of hydrogen-storage pressure on the detonation characteris...In this study,hydrogen-storage glass microballoons were introduced into emulsion explosives to improve the detonation performance of the explosives.The effect of hydrogen-storage pressure on the detonation characteristics of emulsion explosives was systematically investigated.Detonation velocity experiments shows that the change of sensitizing gas and the increase of hydrogen pressure have different effects on the detonation velocity.The experimental parameters of underwater explosion increase first and then decreases with the increase of hydrogen pressure.The decrease of these parameters indicates that the strength of glass microballoons is the limiting factor to improve the detonation performance of hydrogen-storage emulsion explosives.Compared with the traditional emulsion explosives,the maximum peak pressure of shock wave of hydrogen-storage emulsion explosives increases by 10.6%at 1.0 m and 10.2%at 1.2 m,the maximum values of shock impulse increase by 5.7%at 1.0 m and 19.4%at 1.2 m.The stored hydrogen has dual effects of sensitizers and energetic additives,which can improve the energy output of emulsion explosives.展开更多
The Gurney method is widely used in the conceptual design stage of explosive fragmentation warheads employed in various weapons systems.This method states that the peak fragment velocity(V_0) is a function of the Gurn...The Gurney method is widely used in the conceptual design stage of explosive fragmentation warheads employed in various weapons systems.This method states that the peak fragment velocity(V_0) is a function of the Gurney velocity((2E_G)^(1/2)) and the charge-to-metal weight ratio(C/M).The current study is concerned with finding a practical approach for computing the Gurney velocity of pure and mixed high explosives which will eventually help warhead designers to select the best explosive to fulfill the needs of a particular mission.Using multiple regression analysis technique,a four-variable model was derived and used thereafter to estimate the Gurney velocity of aluminized and non-aluminized explosive formulations.The results show that the new model is particularly accurate in predicting the Gurney velocity of combined effects explosives,which are relatively a new class of high blast,high metal acceleration capability explosive compositions.展开更多
The evolution behavior of combustion crack reaction of highly confined solid explosives after non-shock ignition is governed by multiple dynamic processes,including intrinsic combustion of explosives,crack propagation...The evolution behavior of combustion crack reaction of highly confined solid explosives after non-shock ignition is governed by multiple dynamic processes,including intrinsic combustion of explosives,crack propagation,and rapid growth of combustion surface area.Here,the pressure increase can accelerate the combustion rate of explosives,and the crack propagation can enlarge the combustion surface area.The coupling between these two effects leads to the self-enhanced combustion of explosive charge system,which is the key mechanism for the reaction development after ignition.In this study,combustion cracknetwork(CCN) model is established to describe the evolution of combustion crack reaction of highly confined solid explosives after non-shock ignition and quantify the reaction violence.The feasibility of the model is verified by comparing the computational and experimental results.The results reveal that an increase in charge structure size causes an increase in the time of crack pressurization and extension of cracks due to the high temperature-generated gas flow and surface combustion during the initial stage of explosive reaction,but when the casing is fractured,the larger the charge structure,the more violent the late reaction and the larger the charge reaction degree.The input pressure has no obvious influence on the final reaction violence.Further,a larger venting hole area leads to better pressure relief effect,which causes slower pressure growth inside casing.Larger reserved ullage volume causes longer lowpressure induction stage,which further restrains the internal pressure growth.Furthermore,the stronger the casing constraint,the more rapid the self-enhanced combustion of the high temperaturegenerated gas,which results in more violent charge reaction and larger charge reaction degree during casing break.Overall,the proposed model can clarify the effects of intrinsic combustion rate of explosives,charge structure size,input pressure,relief area,ullage volume,and constraint strength on the reaction evolution,which can provide theoretical basis for violence evaluation and safety design for ammunition under accident stimulus.展开更多
This work aims to research the effects on the early responses of the air-backed plate subjected to the loading generated by the underwater explosion with aluminized explosives.The loading characteristics of underwater...This work aims to research the effects on the early responses of the air-backed plate subjected to the loading generated by the underwater explosion with aluminized explosives.The loading characteristics of underwater explosion for ideal explosive(TNT),aluminized explosives(RS211 and RBUL) are obtained experimentally.The tested aluminized explosives have different energy output compared with TNT.Based on the Taylor plate theory,the early responses of the air-backed steel plate affected by the measured loading is analyzed.The analytical results indicate that the pressure curve of the shock wave within 1 time decay constant is the main factor affecting the kick-off velocity of the plate when cavitation occurring.The velocity responses of the plate produced by the loading of RS211 and RBUL are obviously different with that of an equivalent TNT charge,which also indicates validity and suitability should be noticed in the case of substituting TNT for aluminized explosives.Moreover,the uncertainties in the responses of the plate produced by RS211 and RBUL are much larger than TNT.展开更多
Chemical inclusions significantly alter shock responses of crystalline explosives in macroscale gap experiments but their microscale dynamics origin remains unclear.Herein shock-induced energy localization,overall phy...Chemical inclusions significantly alter shock responses of crystalline explosives in macroscale gap experiments but their microscale dynamics origin remains unclear.Herein shock-induced energy localization,overall physical responses,and reactions in a-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane(a-RDX)crystal entrained various chemical inclusions were investigated by the multi-scale shock technique implemented in the reactive molecular dynamics method.Results indicated that energy localization and shock reaction were affected by the intrinsic factors within chemical inclusions,i.e.,phase states,chemical compositions,and concentrations.The atomic origin of chemical-inclusions effects on energy localization is dependent on the dynamics mechanism of interfacial molecules with free space volume,which includes homogeneous intermolecular compression,interfacial impact and shear,and void collapse and jet.As introducing various chemical inclusions,the initiation of those dynamics mechanisms triggers diverse decay rates of bulk RDX molecules and hereby impacts on growth speeds of final reactions.Adding chemical inclusions can reduce the effectiveness of the void during the shock impacting.Under the shockwave velocity of 9 km/s,the parent RDX decay rate in RDX entrained amorphous carbon decreases the most and is about one fourth of that in RDX with a vacuum void,and solid HMX and TATB inclusions are more reactive than amorphous carbon but less reactive than dry air or acetone inclusions.The lessdense shocking system denotes the greater increases in local temperature and stress,the faster energy liberation,and the earlier final reaction into equilibrium,revealing more pronounced responses to the present intense shockwave.The quantitative models associated with the relative system density(RD_(sys))were proposed for indicating energy-localization mechanisms and evaluating initiation safety in the shocked crystalline explosive.RD_(sys)is defined by the density ratio of defective RDX to perfect crystal after dynamics relaxation and reveals the global density characteristic in shocked systems filled with chemical inclusions.When RD_(sys)is below 0.9,local hydrodynamic jet initiated by void collapse dominates upon energy localization instead of interfacial impact.This study sheds light on novel insights for understanding the shock chemistry and physical-based atomic origin in crystalline explosives considering chemical-inclusions effects.展开更多
Primary explosives are utilized as a reliable initiator for secondary explosives in an extensive range of military and civilian operations. Heavy-metal-based primary explosives are moderate performing, more sensitive,...Primary explosives are utilized as a reliable initiator for secondary explosives in an extensive range of military and civilian operations. Heavy-metal-based primary explosives are moderate performing, more sensitive, and environmentally hazardous, posing a direct and indirect threat to health and safety.Therefore, heavy-metal-based primaries have been replaced by environment-friendly metal-based primary explosives, such as potassium complexes. This review presents not only a summary of the current progress of new-generation potassium-based primary explosives and their methods of preparation, energetic properties, and applications, but also a further comparison with traditional primary explosives. In addition, this work discusses the necessity of heavy metal-free primary explosives and the major challenges faced in replacing traditional primary explosives.展开更多
To understand the aging effects on detonation performances of explosives,an accelerated aging mechanism and effect of explosives were analyzed.Based on the thermo-gravimetric(TG) curves of explosives under the heat ra...To understand the aging effects on detonation performances of explosives,an accelerated aging mechanism and effect of explosives were analyzed.Based on the thermo-gravimetric(TG) curves of explosives under the heat rate of 5,10 and 20 K·min-1,the thermal decomposition activation energy,pre-exponential factor,mechanism function and kinetic equation of the explosives were calculated by Ozawa's equation and decomposition extents.Then,according to the derived kinetic equation,the density,composition and heat of formation of GI-1,PBX-1 and PBX-2 explosive in different decomposition extents were calculated at accelerated aging temperatures of 70 ℃ and 75 ℃,respectively.Furthermore,the detonation parameters of GI-1,PBX-1 and PBX-2 explosives were found out by means of VLWR code.The results show that after accelerated aging,the density are decrease,the detonation velocity and pressure are all decreased slightly.展开更多
Realizing effective enhancement to the structure of interface region between explosive crystals and polymer binder plays a key role in improving the mechanical properties of the current polymer bonded explosives(PBXs)...Realizing effective enhancement to the structure of interface region between explosive crystals and polymer binder plays a key role in improving the mechanical properties of the current polymer bonded explosives(PBXs).Herein,inspired by the structure of natural nacre which possesses outstanding mechanical performance,a kind of nacre-like structural layer is constructed in the interface region of PBXs composites,making use of two-dimensional graphene sheets and one-dimensional bio-macromolecules of cellulose as inorganic and organic building blocks,respectively.Our results reveal that the constructed nacre-like structural layer can effectively improve the interfacial strength and then endow the PBXs composites with significantly enhanced mechanical properties involving of creep resistance,Brazilian strength and fracture toughness,demonstrating the obvious advantage of such bioinspired interface structure design strategy.In addition,the thermal conduction performance of PBXs composites also exhibits noticeable enhancement due to the remarkable phonon transport capability endowed by the asdesigned nacre-like structural layer.We believe this work provides a novel design route to conquer the issue of weak interfacial strength in PBXs composites and greatly increase the comprehensive properties for better meeting the higher requirements proposed to the explosive part of weapon equipment in new era.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12002156,11972185,12372136)Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures(Grant No.MCMS-I-0222K01)。
文摘While the moisture content of soil affects significantly the blast impulse of shallow buried explosives,the role of surface-covering water(SCW)on soil in such blast impulse remains elusive.A combined experimental and numerical study has been carried out to characterize the effect of SCW on transferred impulse and loading magnitude of shallow buried explosives.Firstly,blast tests of shallow buried explosives were conducted,with and without the SCW,to quantitatively assess the blast loading impulse.Subsequently,finite element(FE)simulations were performed and validated against experimental measurement,with good agreement achieved.The validated FE model was then employed to predict the dynamic response of a fully-clamped metallic circular target,subjected to the explosive impact of shallow buried explosives with SCW,and explore the corresponding physical mechanisms.It was demonstrated that shallow buried explosives in saturated soil generate a greater impulse transferred towards the target relative to those in dry soil.The deformation displacement of the target plate is doubled.Increasing the height of SCW results in enhanced center peak deflection of the loaded target,accompanied by subsequent fall,due to the variation of deformation pattern of the loaded target from concentrated load to uniform load.Meanwhile,the presence of SCW increases the blast impulse transferred towards the target by three times.In addition,there exists a threshold value of the burial depth that maximizes the impact impulse.This threshold exhibits a strong sensitivity to SCW height,decreasing with increasing SCW height.An empirical formula for predicting threshold has been provided.Similar conclusions can be drawn for different explosive masses.The results provide technical guidance on blast loading intensity and its spatial distribution considering shallow buried explosives in coast-land battlefields,which can ultimately contribute to better protective designs.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52171318 and 12202329)Joint Foundation of the Ministry of Education(Grant No.8091B022105)。
文摘The detonation of fuel-rich explosives yields combustible products that persistently burn upon mixing with ambient oxygen,releasing additional energy through a phenomenon known as the afterburning effect.This process greatly influences the evolution of confined blast loading and the subsequent structural response,which is crucial in confined blast scenarios.Given the complex nature of the reaction process,accurate analysis of the afterburning effect remains challenging.Previous studies have either overlooked the mechanisms of detonation product combustion or failed to provide experimental validation.This study introduces a three-dimensional model to effectively characterize the combustion of detonation products.The model integrates chemical reaction source terms into the governing equations to consider the combustion processes.Numerical simulations and experimental tests were conducted to analyze the combustion and energy release from the detonation products of fuel-rich explosives in confined spaces.Approximately 50%of the energy was released during the combustion of detonation products in a confined TNT explosion.Although the combustion of these products was much slower than the detonation process,it aligned with the dynamic response of the structure,which enhanced the explosive yield.Excluding afterburning from the analysis reduced the center-point deformation of the structure by 30%.Following the inclusion of afterburning,the simulated quasistatic pressure increased by approximately 45%.Subsequent comparisons highlighted the merits of the proposed approach over conventional methods.This approach eliminates the reliance on empirical parameters,such as the amount and rate of energy release during afterburning,thereby laying the foundation for understanding load evolution in more complex environments,such as ships,buildings,and underground tunnels.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12002044)。
文摘DNAN-based insensitive melt-cast explosives have been widely utilized in insensitive munition in recent years. When constrained DNAN-based melt-cast explosives are ignited under thermal stimulation, the base explosive exists in a molten liquid state, where high-temperature gases expand and react in the form of bubble clouds within the liquid explosive;this process is distinctly different from the dynamic crack propagation process observed in the case of solid explosives. In this study, a control model for the reaction evolution of burning-bubble clouds was established to describe the reaction process and quantify the reaction violence of DNAN-based melt-cast explosives, considering the size distribution and activation mechanism of the burning-bubble clouds. The feasibility of the model was verified through experimental results. The results revealed that under geometrically similar conditions, with identical confinement strength and aspect ratio, larger charge structures led to extended initial gas flow and surface burning processes, resulting in greater reaction equivalence and violence at the casing fracture.Under constant charge volume and size, a stronger casing confinement accelerated self-enhanced burning, increasing the internal pressure, reaction degree, and reaction violence. Under a constant casing thickness and radius, higher aspect ratios led to a greater reaction violence at the casing fracture.Moreover, under a constant charge volume and casing thickness, higher aspect ratios resulted in a higher internal pressure, increased reaction degree, and greater reaction violence at the casing fracture. Further,larger ullage volumes extended the reaction evolution time and increased the reaction violence under constant casing dimensions. Through a matching design of the opening threshold of the pressure relief holes and the relief structure area, a stable burning reaction could be maintained until completion,thereby achieving a control of the reaction violence. The proposed model could effectively reflect the effects of the intrinsic burning rate, casing confinement strength, charge size, ullage volume, and pressure relief structure on the reaction evolution process and reaction violence, providing a theoretical method for the thermal safety design and reaction violence evaluation of melt-cast explosives.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 22475179 and 22275173)。
文摘Realizing effective enhancement in the thermally conductive performance of polymer bonded explosives(PBXs) is vital for improving the resultant environmental adaptabilities of the PBXs composites. Herein, a kind of primary-secondary thermally conductive network was designed by water-suspension granulation, surface coating, and hot-pressing procedures in the graphene-based PBXs composites to greatly increase the thermal conductive performance of the composites. The primary network with a threedimensional structure provided the heat-conducting skeleton, while the secondary network in the polymer matrix bridged the primary network to increase the network density. The enhancement efficiency in the thermally conductive performance of the composites reached the highest value of 59.70% at a primary-secondary network ratio of 3:1. Finite element analysis confirmed the synergistic enhancement effect of the primary and secondary thermally conductive networks. This study introduces an innovative approach to designing network structures for PBX composites, significantly enhancing their thermal conductivity.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,Grant Nos.11872120,12102050)Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology(Grant No.QNKT22-01).
文摘The new CL-20(hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane)type aluminized explosives in the overdrive detonation(ODD)conditions of the core problem is how to accurately represent the state of the overdrive detonation products.To this end,this paper is based on the impedance matching method to test the ODD conditions of CL-20 type aluminium explosive particle velocity.Calculated the interfacial pressure of the shock wave in different media.Determined the characteristic parameters of the reaction zone of the detonation of CL-20 aluminized explosives.Calibrated the parameters of the JoneseWilkinseLee(JWL)+γ equation for the detonation products(DPs).Revealed the effect of different DPs equation of state(EOS)on the Hugoniot pressure of ODD.The results indicate that when the content of aluminum powder ranges from 0%to 30%,the duration of the ODD reaction zone and the width of the detonation reaction zone of the CL-20-based aluminized explosive are directly proportional to the content of aluminum powder.The width of the detonation reaction zone is increased by 1.97 times to 2.7 times compared to that of the reaction zone without the addition of aluminum powder.However,the energy release efficiency of the detonation reaction zone is inversely proportional to the content of aluminum powder.When the aluminum powder content was held constant,the incorporation of AP caused a 25%reduction in the energy release efficiency of the detonation reaction zone.Compared with existing ODD state equations,the JWL +γ equation is superior in calibrating overpressure Hugoniot data and the isentropic expansion in the C-J state.The deviation between calculated pressure results and experimental measurements is within 6%.
文摘In this review, excerpts from the literature of thermobaric(TBX) and enhanced blast explosives(EBX) that are concentrated on studies that include their compositions, properties, reactive metal components, modeling and computations are presented.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Gant Nos.11372291 and 11902298)。
文摘Detonation performance is crucial for evaluating the power of high explosives(HEs),and the equation of state(EOS)that accurately describes the high-temperature,high-pressure,and high-temperature,medium-pressure states of detonation products is key to assessing the damage efficiency of these energetic materials.This article examines the limitations of the VLW EOS in representing the thermodynamic states of explosive detonation gas products under high-temperature and medium-to high-pressure conditions.A new gas EOS for detonation products,called VHL(Virial-Han-Long),is proposed.The accuracy of VHL in describing gas states under high-temperature and medium-to high-pressure conditions is verified,and its performance in evaluating explosive detonation and working capabilities is explored.The results demonstrate that VHL exhibits high precision in calculating detonation performance.Subsequently,the detonation performance of three new HEs(ICM-101,ONC,and TNAZ)was calculated and compared to traditional HEs(TATB,CL-20,and HMX).The results indicate that ONC has superior detonation performance compared to the other explosives,while ICM-101 shows a detonation velocity similar to CL-20 but with slightly lower detonation pressure.The detonation characteristics of TNAZ are comparable to those of the standard HE HMX.From the perspective of products,considering the comprehensive work performance(mechanical work and detonation heat),both ONC and ICM-101demonstrate relatively superior performance.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12302435 and 12221002)。
文摘Shock wave caused by a sudden release of high-energy,such as explosion and blast,usually affects a significant range of areas.The utilization of a uniform fine mesh to capture sharp shock wave and to obtain precise results is inefficient in terms of computational resource.This is particularly evident when large-scale fluid field simulations are conducted with significant differences in computational domain size.In this work,a variable-domain-size adaptive mesh enlargement(vAME)method is developed based on the proposed adaptive mesh enlargement(AME)method for modeling multi-explosives explosion problems.The vAME method reduces the division of numerous empty areas or unnecessary computational domains by adaptively suspending enlargement operation in one or two directions,rather than in all directions as in AME method.A series of numerical tests via AME and vAME with varying nonintegral enlargement ratios and different mesh numbers are simulated to verify the efficiency and order of accuracy.An estimate of speedup ratio is analyzed for further efficiency comparison.Several large-scale near-ground explosion experiments with single/multiple explosives are performed to analyze the shock wave superposition formed by the incident wave,reflected wave,and Mach wave.Additionally,the vAME method is employed to validate the accuracy,as well as to investigate the performance of the fluid field and shock wave propagation,considering explosive quantities ranging from 1 to 5 while maintaining a constant total mass.The results show a satisfactory correlation between the overpressure versus time curves for experiments and numerical simulations.The vAME method yields a competitive efficiency,increasing the computational speed to 3.0 and approximately 120,000 times in comparison to AME and the fully fine mesh method,respectively.It indicates that the vAME method reduces the computational cost with minimal impact on the results for such large-scale high-energy release problems with significant differences in computational domain size.
文摘Pressure histories were tested in a 500-L chamber to identify the pressure load in confined explosion from aluminized explosives. Different aluminized explosives with Al/O, ranging from 0.25 to 1.23, were used. The recorded pressure curves could express the reflection of initial shock wave and the after burning combustion of aluminum. As there is no objective way to gain quasi-static pressure(P_(QS)),method of multipoint averaging was used in smoothing the original pressure curves to gain the P_(QS). The P_(QS),rising time of pressure(t_(QS)) which stands for the duration of the initial reflected shock wave, and attenuation coefficient(ω) which stands for the supportive effects of the combustion of aluminum to the P_(QS) are used to characterize the pressure load in the confined explosion from aluminized explosives. The research results showed that the Al/O significantly affected the three characteristic quantities. With the increase of Al/O, the P_(QS) increased at first and decreased later, gaining maximum at Al/O=0.99; the t_(QS)sustained growth and the ω decreased at first and increased later, gaining minimum at AI/O=0.99.
基金DRDO(TBR-1251)for funding and awarding the Project
文摘This work describes thermal decomposition behaviour of plastic bonded explosives(PBXs) based on mixture of 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane(HMX) and 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene(TATB)with Viton A as polymer binder. Thermal decomposition of PBXs was undertaken by applying simultaneous thermal analysis(STA) and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC) to investigate influence of the HMX amount on thermal behavior and its kinetics. Thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) indicated that the thermal decomposition of PBXs based on mixture of HMX and TATB was occurred in a three-steps. The first step was mainly due to decomposition of HMX. The second step was ascribed due to decomposition of TATB, while the third step was occurred due to decomposition of the polymer matrices. The thermal decomposition % was increased with increasing HMX amount. The kinetics related to thermal decomposition were investigated under non-isothermal for a single heating rate measurement. The variation in the activation energy of PBXs based on mixture of HMX and TATB was observed with varying the HMX amount. The kinetics from the results of TGA data at various heating rates under non-isothermal conditions were also calculated by Flynn—Wall—Ozawa(FWO) and Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose(KAS)methods. The activation energies calculated by employing FWO method were very close to those obtained by KAS method. The mean activation energy calculated by FWO and KAS methods was also a good agreement with the activation energy obtained from single heating rate measurement in the first step decomposition.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11732003)Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.8182050)+1 种基金Science Challenge Project(No.TZ2016001)National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFC0804700)。
文摘In order to give the energy output structure of typical explosives near-ground explosion in real ground conditions,the free-field shockwave,ground reflection shockwave and Mach wave overpressure time history of composition B explosive,RDX explosive and aluminized explosive were measured by air pressure sensors and ground pressure sensors.The shape of the free-field shock wave,ground reflection shock wave,and Mach wave and explosion flame were captured by high-speed camera.The experimental results show that,at the same horizontal distance from the initiation point,the peak overpressure of explosive shock wave of composition B explosive,both in the air and on the ground,is less than that of RDX and aluminized explosives.At a distance of 3.0 m from the initiation point,the peak overpressure of aluminized explosives is slightly less than that of RDX explosives.Owing to the exothermic effect of aluminum powder,the pressure drop of aluminized explosives is slower than that of RDX explosives.At 5.0 m from the initiation point,the peak overpressure of aluminized explosives is larger than that of RDX explosives.At the same position from the initiation point,among the three kinds of explosives,the impulse of aluminized explosives is the maximum and the impulse of composition B explosives is the minimum.With the increase of the horizontal distance from the initiation point,the height of Mach triple-points(Mach steam)of the three explosives increases gradually.At the same horizontal distance from the initiation point,there is poorly difference in the height of Mach triple-points between aluminized explosive and RDX explosive,and the height of Mach triple-points of composition B explosive is much smaller than that of other two explosives.The maximum diameter and duration of the fireball formed by aluminized explosives are the largest,followed by composition B explosive,and the maximum diameter and duration of the fireball formed by RDX explosive are the smallest.
基金We are thankful to the NSAF(U1830134),NSFC(21905023 and 21911530096)for their generous financial support.
文摘Heterocyclic skeleton(Azoles)and different energetic groups containing high performing explosives are highly emerged in recent years to meet the challenging requirements of energetic materials in both military and civilian applications with improved performance.For this purpose tetrazole(Azole)is identified as an attractive heterocyclic backbone with energetic functional groups nitro(-NO_(2)),nitrato(-ONO_(2)),nitrimino(-NNO_(2)),and nitramino(eNHeNO_(2))to replace the traditionally used high performing explosives.The tetrazole based compounds having these energetic functional groups demonstrated advanced energetic performance(detonation velocity and pressure),densities,and heat of formation(HOF)and became a potential replacement of traditional energetic compounds such as RDX.This review presents a summary of the recently reported nitro-tetrazole energetic compounds containing poly-nitro,di/mono-nitro,nitrato/nitramino/nitrimino,bridged/bis/di tetrazole and nitro functional groups,describing their preparation methods,advance energetic properties,and further applications as highperforming explosives,especially those reported in the last decade.This review aims to provide a fresh concept for designing nitro-tetrazole based high performing explosives together with major challenges and perspectives.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Project NO. 51874267 and NO. 51674229
文摘In this study,hydrogen-storage glass microballoons were introduced into emulsion explosives to improve the detonation performance of the explosives.The effect of hydrogen-storage pressure on the detonation characteristics of emulsion explosives was systematically investigated.Detonation velocity experiments shows that the change of sensitizing gas and the increase of hydrogen pressure have different effects on the detonation velocity.The experimental parameters of underwater explosion increase first and then decreases with the increase of hydrogen pressure.The decrease of these parameters indicates that the strength of glass microballoons is the limiting factor to improve the detonation performance of hydrogen-storage emulsion explosives.Compared with the traditional emulsion explosives,the maximum peak pressure of shock wave of hydrogen-storage emulsion explosives increases by 10.6%at 1.0 m and 10.2%at 1.2 m,the maximum values of shock impulse increase by 5.7%at 1.0 m and 19.4%at 1.2 m.The stored hydrogen has dual effects of sensitizers and energetic additives,which can improve the energy output of emulsion explosives.
文摘The Gurney method is widely used in the conceptual design stage of explosive fragmentation warheads employed in various weapons systems.This method states that the peak fragment velocity(V_0) is a function of the Gurney velocity((2E_G)^(1/2)) and the charge-to-metal weight ratio(C/M).The current study is concerned with finding a practical approach for computing the Gurney velocity of pure and mixed high explosives which will eventually help warhead designers to select the best explosive to fulfill the needs of a particular mission.Using multiple regression analysis technique,a four-variable model was derived and used thereafter to estimate the Gurney velocity of aluminized and non-aluminized explosive formulations.The results show that the new model is particularly accurate in predicting the Gurney velocity of combined effects explosives,which are relatively a new class of high blast,high metal acceleration capability explosive compositions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.12002044)the National Key Laboratory of Shock Wave and Detonation Physics (Grant No.6142A03192007)。
文摘The evolution behavior of combustion crack reaction of highly confined solid explosives after non-shock ignition is governed by multiple dynamic processes,including intrinsic combustion of explosives,crack propagation,and rapid growth of combustion surface area.Here,the pressure increase can accelerate the combustion rate of explosives,and the crack propagation can enlarge the combustion surface area.The coupling between these two effects leads to the self-enhanced combustion of explosive charge system,which is the key mechanism for the reaction development after ignition.In this study,combustion cracknetwork(CCN) model is established to describe the evolution of combustion crack reaction of highly confined solid explosives after non-shock ignition and quantify the reaction violence.The feasibility of the model is verified by comparing the computational and experimental results.The results reveal that an increase in charge structure size causes an increase in the time of crack pressurization and extension of cracks due to the high temperature-generated gas flow and surface combustion during the initial stage of explosive reaction,but when the casing is fractured,the larger the charge structure,the more violent the late reaction and the larger the charge reaction degree.The input pressure has no obvious influence on the final reaction violence.Further,a larger venting hole area leads to better pressure relief effect,which causes slower pressure growth inside casing.Larger reserved ullage volume causes longer lowpressure induction stage,which further restrains the internal pressure growth.Furthermore,the stronger the casing constraint,the more rapid the self-enhanced combustion of the high temperaturegenerated gas,which results in more violent charge reaction and larger charge reaction degree during casing break.Overall,the proposed model can clarify the effects of intrinsic combustion rate of explosives,charge structure size,input pressure,relief area,ullage volume,and constraint strength on the reaction evolution,which can provide theoretical basis for violence evaluation and safety design for ammunition under accident stimulus.
基金This paper is supported by the project of State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology(Beijing Institute of Technology).The project number is NO.QNKT19-04.
文摘This work aims to research the effects on the early responses of the air-backed plate subjected to the loading generated by the underwater explosion with aluminized explosives.The loading characteristics of underwater explosion for ideal explosive(TNT),aluminized explosives(RS211 and RBUL) are obtained experimentally.The tested aluminized explosives have different energy output compared with TNT.Based on the Taylor plate theory,the early responses of the air-backed steel plate affected by the measured loading is analyzed.The analytical results indicate that the pressure curve of the shock wave within 1 time decay constant is the main factor affecting the kick-off velocity of the plate when cavitation occurring.The velocity responses of the plate produced by the loading of RS211 and RBUL are obviously different with that of an equivalent TNT charge,which also indicates validity and suitability should be noticed in the case of substituting TNT for aluminized explosives.Moreover,the uncertainties in the responses of the plate produced by RS211 and RBUL are much larger than TNT.
基金the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11872119,12172051,and 11972329)Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(Grant No.2021CFB120)。
文摘Chemical inclusions significantly alter shock responses of crystalline explosives in macroscale gap experiments but their microscale dynamics origin remains unclear.Herein shock-induced energy localization,overall physical responses,and reactions in a-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane(a-RDX)crystal entrained various chemical inclusions were investigated by the multi-scale shock technique implemented in the reactive molecular dynamics method.Results indicated that energy localization and shock reaction were affected by the intrinsic factors within chemical inclusions,i.e.,phase states,chemical compositions,and concentrations.The atomic origin of chemical-inclusions effects on energy localization is dependent on the dynamics mechanism of interfacial molecules with free space volume,which includes homogeneous intermolecular compression,interfacial impact and shear,and void collapse and jet.As introducing various chemical inclusions,the initiation of those dynamics mechanisms triggers diverse decay rates of bulk RDX molecules and hereby impacts on growth speeds of final reactions.Adding chemical inclusions can reduce the effectiveness of the void during the shock impacting.Under the shockwave velocity of 9 km/s,the parent RDX decay rate in RDX entrained amorphous carbon decreases the most and is about one fourth of that in RDX with a vacuum void,and solid HMX and TATB inclusions are more reactive than amorphous carbon but less reactive than dry air or acetone inclusions.The lessdense shocking system denotes the greater increases in local temperature and stress,the faster energy liberation,and the earlier final reaction into equilibrium,revealing more pronounced responses to the present intense shockwave.The quantitative models associated with the relative system density(RD_(sys))were proposed for indicating energy-localization mechanisms and evaluating initiation safety in the shocked crystalline explosive.RD_(sys)is defined by the density ratio of defective RDX to perfect crystal after dynamics relaxation and reveals the global density characteristic in shocked systems filled with chemical inclusions.When RD_(sys)is below 0.9,local hydrodynamic jet initiated by void collapse dominates upon energy localization instead of interfacial impact.This study sheds light on novel insights for understanding the shock chemistry and physical-based atomic origin in crystalline explosives considering chemical-inclusions effects.
基金the NSAF (U1830134)NSFC (22175025), for their generous financial supportsupported by a project of State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology (Beijing Institute of Technology). The project number is YBKT21-02
文摘Primary explosives are utilized as a reliable initiator for secondary explosives in an extensive range of military and civilian operations. Heavy-metal-based primary explosives are moderate performing, more sensitive, and environmentally hazardous, posing a direct and indirect threat to health and safety.Therefore, heavy-metal-based primaries have been replaced by environment-friendly metal-based primary explosives, such as potassium complexes. This review presents not only a summary of the current progress of new-generation potassium-based primary explosives and their methods of preparation, energetic properties, and applications, but also a further comparison with traditional primary explosives. In addition, this work discusses the necessity of heavy metal-free primary explosives and the major challenges faced in replacing traditional primary explosives.
文摘To understand the aging effects on detonation performances of explosives,an accelerated aging mechanism and effect of explosives were analyzed.Based on the thermo-gravimetric(TG) curves of explosives under the heat rate of 5,10 and 20 K·min-1,the thermal decomposition activation energy,pre-exponential factor,mechanism function and kinetic equation of the explosives were calculated by Ozawa's equation and decomposition extents.Then,according to the derived kinetic equation,the density,composition and heat of formation of GI-1,PBX-1 and PBX-2 explosive in different decomposition extents were calculated at accelerated aging temperatures of 70 ℃ and 75 ℃,respectively.Furthermore,the detonation parameters of GI-1,PBX-1 and PBX-2 explosives were found out by means of VLWR code.The results show that after accelerated aging,the density are decrease,the detonation velocity and pressure are all decreased slightly.
基金the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.21875230,22275173,U2030202)。
文摘Realizing effective enhancement to the structure of interface region between explosive crystals and polymer binder plays a key role in improving the mechanical properties of the current polymer bonded explosives(PBXs).Herein,inspired by the structure of natural nacre which possesses outstanding mechanical performance,a kind of nacre-like structural layer is constructed in the interface region of PBXs composites,making use of two-dimensional graphene sheets and one-dimensional bio-macromolecules of cellulose as inorganic and organic building blocks,respectively.Our results reveal that the constructed nacre-like structural layer can effectively improve the interfacial strength and then endow the PBXs composites with significantly enhanced mechanical properties involving of creep resistance,Brazilian strength and fracture toughness,demonstrating the obvious advantage of such bioinspired interface structure design strategy.In addition,the thermal conduction performance of PBXs composites also exhibits noticeable enhancement due to the remarkable phonon transport capability endowed by the asdesigned nacre-like structural layer.We believe this work provides a novel design route to conquer the issue of weak interfacial strength in PBXs composites and greatly increase the comprehensive properties for better meeting the higher requirements proposed to the explosive part of weapon equipment in new era.