Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library, Vol. 5 Non-Shock Initiation of Explosives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Asay, B. W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library ; 5
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemistry, Physical organic.; Chemicals > Safety measures.; Chemical engineering.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Physical Chemistry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87953-4

The sensitivity of an explosive is not a well defined property of the material but rather a complex pattern of behavior. Unlike the response to strong, planar shocks which is for the most part predictable and reproducible, explosives' response to multidimensional and weaker stimuli is much more...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Transport Phenomena for Nonshock Initiation Processes
• The Chemical Kinetics of Solid Thermal Explosions
• Classical Theory of Thermal Criticality
• Deflagration Phenomena in Energetic Materials: An Overview
• Mechanical and Thermal Damage
• Cookoff
• The Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition
• Friction
• Impact and Shear Ignition By Nonshock Mechanisms
• Spark and Laser Ignition
• Index.