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The Thermomechanical Response of Composite Energetic Materials Under High- and Low-frequency Mechanical Excitations
… vapors. In this work, the thermomechanics of plastic-bonded explosives, propellants, and surrogates thereof are investigated due to their widespread adoption in improvised explosive devices. These classes of material consist of energetic crystals held within an inert plastic binding material. …
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Energy localization and heat generation in composite energetic systems under high-frequency mechanical excitation
… to generate significant heating within plastic bonded explosives, as well as single energetic particles embedded within a viscoelastic binder, is studied. In this work, the fundamental mechanisms associated with the conversion of high-frequency mechanical excitation to heat as applied to …
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Characterization framework to develop ball-milled thermites as additives to polymer-bound explosives
Increasing the energy density of plastic-bonded explosives (PBXs) by incorporating aluminum (Al) powders has long been of interest. However, Al combustion is kinetically slow, occurring on microsecond to millisecond timescales due to its dependence on external oxidizers. As a result, it contributes …