Test Methods for Explosives [Paperback]

It seems that there is no book that treats the measurement of the physical pa? rameters of explosives as its only subject, although limited information is avail? able in a number of books. Therefore, I have tried to bridge this gap in the lit? erature with this book. A large number of various physical parameters have to be determined ex? perimentally in order to test or characterise an explosive. Various physical principles have been applied for such measurements. Accordingly, a large number of different experimental methods exist, as well as various testing appa? ratuses and procedures. On the other hand, great progress has been made recently in the study of detonation phenomena. New measuring techniques can assess extremely short processes to below nanoseconds scale. They make it possible to determine im? portant parameters in detonation physics. I have made a great attempt to cover the available literature data on the subject. Because it would be a highly demanding task to include in a single volume all the methods that are in use by various testing agencies, I have tried to give primarily the principles for determination of individual physical pa? rameters of explosives by different measuring methods as well as data treatment procedures.1. General Concepts and Classification of Explosives.- 1.1. Safety Precautions in Handling Explosives.- 1.2. Initiating Devices.- 1.2.1. Initiation of High Explosive Charges.- 2. Sensitivity of Explosives.- 2.1. Determination of the Heat Sensitivity of Explosives.- 2.2. Determination of the Sensitivity of Explosives to Electric Spark.- 2.3. Determination of the Adiabatic Sensitivity of Explosives.- 2.4. Sensitivity of Explosives to Mechanical Stimuli.- 2.5. Determination of the Initiating Strength of Primary Explosives.- 2.6. Determination of the Sensitivity of High Explosives to Detonators.- 2.7. Shock Wave Initiation of Detonation.- 2.8. Determination of Blasting and Technical Characteristics of Detonators.- 2.9. Determination lãÎ