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Experimental Instruments and Methods

Problems in initiating detonation of disruptive explosives by a high-intensity electron beam

V. A. Morozov^a, G. G. Savenkov^b, V. A. Bragin^b, V. M. Kats^a, A. A. Lukin<sup>a

a</sup> Saint Petersburg State University
^b Scientific Production Association "Poisk", Murino, Leningrad oblast

Abstract: Experiments on initiating detonation in disruptive explosives by a nanosecond high-intensity electron beam are considered. It is shown using elementary computational estimates that the critical conditions for initiating detonation in a disruptive explosive are not satisfied for the beam parameters described here. The results of experiments on the action of a pulsed electron beam on paraffin and wax model samples are considered. It is shown that the main factor acting on the samples is the cathode plasma torch.

Received: 13.05.2011
Accepted: 17.08.2011

 English version: Technical Physics, 2012, 57:5, 706–710

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