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Research and Development of High-performance Explosives
Rodger Cornell 1, Erik Wrobel 1, Paul E. Anderson 2
1Detonation Physics Branch, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, 2Explosives Research Branch, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal

Developmental testing of high explosives for military applications involves small-scale formulation, safety testing, and finally detonation performance tests to verify theoretical calculations. This paper will share typical development tests associated with the measurement of detonation velocity and detonation pressure.

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