Assembly and method for standardized insensitive munitions testing
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsAnthony Di Stasio, Barry Fishburn, Sanjeev Singh, Rajen Patel, Eugene Homentowski
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Abstract
A test assembly for building a safety profile and a sensitivity profile of an explosive, by impacting the test assembly with a projectile. The safety profile of the explosive is built by determining a detonation threshold of the explosive in reaction to the projectile. The sensitivity profile is built by measuring a pressure difference between pressures acquired by the top sensor and the bottom sensor, resulting from a shock wave that travels through the explosive.
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A test assembly for building a safety profile and a sensitivity profile of an explosive, by impacting the test assembly with a projectile, comprising:
- a vessel having an open top end and a bottom end;
- an impact plate that fits on the top end of the vessel;
- a top cap that is secured to the top end of the vessel for maintaining the impact plate in a hermetically locked position against the vessel;
- a top sensor that is disposed in proximity to the impact plate;
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- a bottom sensor that is disposed in proximity to the bottom end of the vessel;
- wherein the safety profile of the explosive is built by determining a detonation threshold of the explosive in reaction to the projectile that collides with the impact plate;
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- wherein the sensitivity profile of the explosive is built by measuring a pressure difference between pressures acquired by the top sensor and the bottom sensor, resulting from a shock wave that travels through the explosive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.