To better understand the structure-activity relationship and enhance the overall performance
of polymer-bonded explosives (PBXs), the neutron and X-ray scattering techniques, which …

Determining the unreacted equation of state of 1, 3, 5-triamino-2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzene (TATB)
is challenging because it exhibits low crystal symmetry and low X-ray scattering strength …

The plastic behavior of the insensitive energetic molecular crystal 1, 3, 5-triamino-2, 4, 6-
trinitrobenzene (TATB) is investigated through molecular dynamics simulations. A recent …

Amorphous models of locally ordered molecular packing were constructed to replace
crystals and predict the shock sensibility and safety of energetic materials (EMs) using …

Insensitive high explosives based on TATB (1, 3, 5-triamino-2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzene) are
needed in applications when safety is of paramount importance, but the basic material …

The high-pressure equation of state (EOS) of energetic materials (EMs) is important for
continuum and mesoscale models of detonation performance and initiation safety. Obtaining …

We present laser-driven shock Hugoniot measurements of single-crystal (SC) 1, 3, 5-
triamino-2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) between 15 and 83 GPa, spanning pressures below …

High-rate strength behavior plays an important role in the shock initiation of high explosives,
with plastic deformation serving to localize heat into hot spots and as a mechanochemical …

An extension of a constitutive law for 1, 3, 5-triamino-2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) is
proposed with a focus on the calibration of a crystal plasticity law. TATB, a highly anisotropic …

A mesoscopic constitutive law for 1, 3, 5-triamino-2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzene (TATB), an ultra-
anisotropic energetic molecular crystal, is proposed and validated on molecular dynamics …