Research Article
High-Speed Study of Drop-Weight Impact Ignition of PBX 9501 Using Infrared Thermography
Table 1
Ignition energies from impact testing of undamaged PBX 9501.
| | PBX 9501 | High (m) | Low (m) | 50% (m) | High (J) | Low (J) | 50%(J) |
| | Sample 1 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 1.96 | 1.28 | 1.28 | | Sample 2 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 1.28 | 0.59 | 0.88 | | Sample 3 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 1.18 | 0.98 | 1.08 | | Sample 4 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.98 | 0.69 | 0.78 | | Sample 5 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.98 | 0.59 | 0.78 | | Sample 6 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.88 | 0.69 | 0.78 | | Sample 7 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 1.28 | 0.69 | 0.78 | | Sample 8 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 1.28 | 0.98 | 1.18 | | Average | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 1.23 | 0.81 | 0.94 |
| | St. Dev. | 0.034 | 0.025 | 0.021 | | | |
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