The shock and detonation response of high explosives has been an active research topic for
more than a century. In recent years, high quality data from experiments using embedded …

This article reviews advances in modeling condensed-phase explosive detonation waves
and their interaction with inerts for precision applications. We describe how constitutive data …

Shock initiation and detonation of high explosives is considered to be controlled through hot
spots, which are local regions of elevated temperature that accelerate chemical reactions …

Material models for single-crystal β-HMX are systematically examined in the context of
continuum pore-collapse simulations. Continuum predictions using five different isotropic …

We use molecular dynamics simulations to describe the chemical reactions following shock-
induced collapse of cylindrical pores in the high-energy density material RDX. For shocks …

The response of high-energy-density materials to thermal or mechanical insults involves
coupled thermal, mechanical, and chemical processes with disparate temporal and spatial …

All‐atom molecular dynamics (MD) and Eulerian continuum simulations, performed using
the LAMMPS and SCIMITAR3D codes, respectively, were used to study thermo‐mechanical …

Theoretical predictions of the crystallographic properties of a series of 10 energetic
molecular crystals have been done using a semiempirical correction to account for the van …

We have completed a series of ambient temperature (23±2 C) shock initiation experiments
on four lots (batches) of the insensitive high explosive PBX 9502. PBX 9502 consists by …

This book discusses methods for the assessment of energetic compounds through heat of
detonation, detonation pressure, velocity and temperature, Gurney energy and power. The …