Assembly and method for standardized insensitive munitions testing

US8707764B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Anthony R. Di Stasio · New York, US
• Barry Fishburn · Dover, US
• Sanjeev Singh · San Francisco, US
• Rajen Patel · Iselin, US
• Eugene Homentowski · Pequannock, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/227
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A test assembly for building a safety profile and a sensitivity profile of an explosive, by impacting the test assembly with a projectile. The safety profile of the explosive is built by determining a detonation threshold of the explosive in reaction to the projectile. The sensitivity profile is built by measuring a pressure difference between pressures acquired by the top sensor and the bottom sensor, resulting from a shock wave that travels through the explosive.