One dimensional shock initiation of hot isostatically pressed composition B

Burns, Malcolm; Gibson, L. L.; Jones, Justin Daniel; Goodbody, Austin Bernard; Dattelbaum, Dana M.; Gustavsen, R. L.

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“…Significant work continues at LANL into characterizing Composition B, including understanding the effect of temperature on molten viscosity, 36 using x-ray scattering to probe the structural evolution of detonation carbon, 37 and measuring the effect of hot isostatically pressing on shock initiation. 38…”

Section: The Trinity High Explosive Implosion System: W-10-tr-0475u Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…I mean if fifty pounds of explosive goes [off] in your lap, you have no worries." 38 Despite his pragmatic attitude towards explosives handling, he also wrote an excellent explosives safety manual in early 1945, detailing some of the safety concepts and issues that are still causing difficulties today, such as impact, burning, detonation, friction, and drop sensitivities. 42 In part thanks to his efforts, there were no explosive operations fatalities in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.…”

Section: Working and Living With Explosives 1943-1945mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Trinity High Explosive Implosion System: The Foundation for Precision Explosive Applications

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2021

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This article is set during the 1944 and 1945 final push to complete Project Y-the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos-and focuses primarily on overcoming the challenge of creating and demonstrating a successful convergent explosive implosion to turn a subcritical quantity of plutonium into a critical mass. The critical mass would then efficiently yield kilotons of trinitrotoluene (TNT)-equivalent energy in about a microsecond, demonstrating the implosion atomic bomb concept. This work culminated in the Trinity atomic test near Alamogordo on July 16, 1945. This implosion effect demarcated the approach to explosive science and technology the Laboratory has followed ever since, including development of high-explosive synthesis and formulation, small and large test and diagnostic facilities, shock dynamics theory, high-explosive system design engineering, and three-dimensional implosion modeling and simulation using some of the fastest computers in the world. This work also ushered in a period of broader application of precision high explosives in conventional munitions, demolition, mining and oil exploration, and space travel.

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Section: The Trinity High Explosive Implosion System: W-10-tr-0475u Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Working and Living With Explosives 1943-1945mentioning

confidence: 99%