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Demystifying Explosives: Concepts in High Energy Materials explains the basic concepts of and the science behind the entire spectrum of high energy materials (HEMs) and gives a broad perspective about all types of HEMs and their interrelationships. Demystifying Explosives covers topics ranging from...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Venugopalan, S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Elsevier, [2015]
Temas:
Explosives.
Explosifs.
explosive.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.
Explosives
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Demystifying Explosives: Concepts in High Energy Materials; A JOURNEY TOWARDS HIGHER EXPLOSIVE POWER; Copyright; Dedications; Contents; About the Author and Editor; Foreword 1; Foreword 2; Foreword 3; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Abbreviations; Chapter 1
  • In Pursuit of Energy and Energetic Materials; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Gunpowder to Nitrocubanes; 1.3 Classification of Explosives; 1.4 Explosives and Molecular Structure; 1.5 Classification of Propellants; 1.6 Pyrotechnics; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Suggested Reading; Questions.
  • Chapter 2
  • Energetics of Energetic Materials2.1 Are Explosives and Propellants High-Energy Materials?; 2.2 Explosive: The Wonderful Lamp; 2.3 Thermochemistry and Explosive Energy; Worked Example 2.1; Worked Example 2.2; Worked Example 2.3; Worked Example 2.4; Summary of Important Terms; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 3
  • Two Faces of Explosion: Deflagration and Detonation; 3.1 Explosion; 3.2 Deflagration and Detonation; 3.3 Linear Burning and Mass Burning; 3.4 Shock Wave and Detonation Wave; 3.5 Detonation Theory; 3.6 Theoretical Estimation: VOD and Pd.
  • 3.7 Deflagration-to-Detonation TransitionSuggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 4
  • HEMs: The Facet of Explosive Performance; 4.1 Why Do Explosives Explode?; 4.2 Two Aspects of Explosive Performance; 4.3 A Travel by Explosive Train; 4.4 Performance Parameters of Military Explosives; 4.5 Industrial Explosives; 4.6 Processing of the Compositions; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 5
  • The Propulsive Facet of HEMs: I (Gun Propellants); 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Gun: the Heat Engine; Worked Example 5.1; 5.3 Unfolding Drama inside the Barrel; 5.4 Energetics of Gun Propellant; Worked Example 5.2.
  • 5.5 Configuration of Propellant Grains5.6 Salient Aspects of Internal Ballistics of Guns; Worked Example 5.3; 5.7 The Chemistry of Gun Propellant Formulations; Worked Example 5.4; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 6
  • The Propulsive Facet of High Energy Materials-II (Rocket Propellants); 6.1. Introduction to Rocketry; 6.2 Basic Principles of Rocket Propulsion; 6.3 Specific Impulse; Worked Example 6.1; 6.4 Thermochemistry of Rocket Propulsion; 6.5 Some Vital Parameters in the Internal Ballistics of Rockets; 6.6. Design of a Rocket Propellant Grain; Worked Example 6.2.
  • 6.7. Chemistry of Solid Rocket Propellants6.8 Future of Rocket Propellants; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 7
  • High Energy Materials in Pyrotechnics; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Applications; 7.3 Basic Principles of Pyrotechnics; 7.4 Conclusion; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 8
  • HEMs: Concerns of Safety; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Nature of Hazards; 8.3 Hazard Classification of HEMs; 8.4 The Damages; 8.5 General Safety Directives; Suggested Reading; Questions; Chapter 9
  • HEMs: Concerns of Security; 9.1 HEMs: Concerns of Security; 9.2 Detection of Explosives; Suggested Reading; Questions.
  • Chapter 10
  • HEMs: Characterization and Evaluation.

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