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Program of fundamental research on explosives at Los Alamos.

DE90006509

Publication Date	1990
Personal Author	Rivera, T.
Page Count	11
Abstract	The Fundamental Research on Explosives (FRE) program was initiated as a five-year program beginning in FY 1982. It was established as a Laboratory-wide coordinated theoretical and experimental effort to gain a fundamental understanding of detonation behavior using state-of-the-art techniques not previously applied to explosives. During the five years a variety of significant scientific achievements was made in both theory and experiment by developing new methods and techniques to study equation-of-state (EOS), shock initiation, and detonation phenomena. The FRE program comprised scientific experimental and theoretical investigations into the chemical and mechanical processes leading to and subsequently sustaining detonation of the simple liquid prototypical explosive, nitric oxide (NO). The goals of the FRE program were to understand the energetics and chemistry of initiation and detonation in liquid NO and to compare experimental results with existing theory. The knowledge gained and the techniques developed have led not only to advances in explosives science but in the theoretical and experimental sciences in general. This report is a brief overview of the FRE achievements during the 5 year program.
Keywords	Chemical Explosives Research Programs Detonations Equations of State LANL Nitric Oxide Nitrogen Rankine-Hugoniot Equations Shock Waves Meetings EDB/450100
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	79A - Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	1990 national symposium of the Society of Mexican-American Engineers and Scientists (MAES), Albuquerque, NM (USA), 28-31 Mar 1990. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	199013
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-36

Program of fundamental research on explosives at Los Alamos.

Program of fundamental research on explosives at Los Alamos.
DE90006509

Publication Date	1990
Personal Author	Rivera, T.
Page Count	11
Abstract	The Fundamental Research on Explosives (FRE) program was initiated as a five-year program beginning in FY 1982. It was established as a Laboratory-wide coordinated theoretical and experimental effort to gain a fundamental understanding of detonation behavior using state-of-the-art techniques not previously applied to explosives. During the five years a variety of significant scientific achievements was made in both theory and experiment by developing new methods and techniques to study equation-of-state (EOS), shock initiation, and detonation phenomena. The FRE program comprised scientific experimental and theoretical investigations into the chemical and mechanical processes leading to and subsequently sustaining detonation of the simple liquid prototypical explosive, nitric oxide (NO). The goals of the FRE program were to understand the energetics and chemistry of initiation and detonation in liquid NO and to compare experimental results with existing theory. The knowledge gained and the techniques developed have led not only to advances in explosives science but in the theoretical and experimental sciences in general. This report is a brief overview of the FRE achievements during the 5 year program.
Keywords	Chemical Explosives Research Programs Detonations Equations of State LANL Nitric Oxide Nitrogen Rankine-Hugoniot Equations Shock Waves Meetings EDB/450100
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	79A - Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	1990 national symposium of the Society of Mexican-American Engineers and Scientists (MAES), Albuquerque, NM (USA), 28-31 Mar 1990. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	199013
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-36