TY - JOUR
T1 - Confocal scanning laser microscopic study of the RDX defect structure in deformed polymer-bonded explosives
AU - van der Heijden, Antoine E D M
AU - Bouma, Richard H B
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The influence of an explosion-driven deformation on the defect structure in RDX crystals embedded in a polymer-bonded explosive was investigated by means of confocal scanning laser microscopy. The images were compared to the defect structure in the as-received RDX grades, embedded in an epoxy resin. In this way it is possible to qualitatively analyze the changes in defect structure of the RDX crystals that were induced by the explosion-driven deformation. For the first time, these data therefore provide experimental confirmation of how shock waves mechanically interact with energetic crystals – a topic that, up to now, was only explored by means of simulations.
AB - The influence of an explosion-driven deformation on the defect structure in RDX crystals embedded in a polymer-bonded explosive was investigated by means of confocal scanning laser microscopy. The images were compared to the defect structure in the as-received RDX grades, embedded in an epoxy resin. In this way it is possible to qualitatively analyze the changes in defect structure of the RDX crystals that were induced by the explosion-driven deformation. For the first time, these data therefore provide experimental confirmation of how shock waves mechanically interact with energetic crystals – a topic that, up to now, was only explored by means of simulations.
KW - Confocal scanning laser microscopy
KW - Non-shock deformation
KW - Polymer-bonded explosive
KW - RDX defect structure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84964598855&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/prep.201500267
DO - 10.1002/prep.201500267
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84964598855
SN - 0721-3115
VL - 41
SP - 875
EP - 882
JO - Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics
JF - Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics
IS - 5
ER -