Abstract
Energetic materials with different properties can be mixed or layered to control performance. However, reactions at material interfaces are poorly understood and performance may be highly dependent on the degree of mixing. In this work, we use vapor-deposited explosive multilayers as a model system to investigate shock interactions between different explosive materials with precisely controlled spacings. Samples consisted of alternating pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and hexanitrostilbene (HNS) layers, materials that have substantial differences in detonation velocity, with individual layer thicknesses in the vicinity of the critical thickness for detonation propagation of each material (∼100 – 200 µm). Additional experiments on PETN/HNS bilayer samples were conducted to elucidate the role of non-ideal interfaces on detonation propagation. Preliminary hydrocode simulations were employed to simulate detonation performance, using an Arrhenius reactive burn model that was parameterized from detonation velocity and failure data from vapor-deposited films of each constituent material. Measured detonation velocities in the multilayer samples were significantly lower than expected, given that the individual PETN layer thicknesses were larger than the critical thickness for detonation propagation. The bilayer experiments highlight the role of non-ideal interfaces in contributing to this result.
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