Contact Detonation Sensitivity Test System

Fig 1 - Direct contact detonation sensitivity test system 

C) Confinement Effects. Acceptor samples 1 inch long and 0.254 inch diam, loaded at 32000 psi and confined in aluminum, brass 

Eyster et al, The Sensitivity of High Explosives to Pure Shocks , NOLM 10, 336 (1949) 3) R.H. Stresau L.B. Statr, Some 

Studies of Propagation of Detonation Between Small Confined Explosive Charges , NOLM 10577(1950) 4) W.E. Dimmock, A Small 

Scale Gap Sensitivity Test , NAVORD 2938 (1953) 5) D. Price 1. Jaffee, Large 

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