Method for the Study of Deflagration to Detonation Transition

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A method based on the variation of electrical resistance in a wire element introduced into the charge has been developed for the continuous measurement of burning and detonation rates in opaque materials. The method has been used to obtain data on nonsteady‐state phenomena in high explosives, in composite propellants and in liquid fuel‐solid oxidizer mixtures. Composite propellants were found to be readily detonable when modified by the introduction of voids. Studies on liquid fuel‐solid oxidizer mixtures, with bubbles of inert gas as well as voids, gave similar results.

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