Detonation velocity in the transition zone of an explosive charge

V. A. Poplavskii^a, V. V. Grzhibovskii

^a Department of the Geodynamics of Explosion of the Institute of Geophysics, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kiev 252054

Abstract: Results of an experimental study of the detonation velocity in the transition zone of an acceptor explosive in a cylindrical charge consisting of two different explosives are given. An empirical relation between the length of the transition zone and the ratio of the steady detonation velocities of the donor and acceptor explosives in segmented charges is obtained.

UDC: 534.222.2

Received: 26.03.1996
Accepted: 18.12.1996

 English version: Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 1997, 33:5, 611–613