Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports Volume 39 April 6, 2001

development and manufacture of large rocket motors. The ramifications are higher development costs and severe limitations on
performance improvements. This paper outlines the current efforts of the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate,
Thiokol, Atlantic Research Corporation, and Naval Air Warfare Center to unite the solid rocket community into developing
acceptable alternate test protocols that could fulfill the intent of TB 700-2 and be considered by the Department of Defense Explosive
Safety Board (DDESB) for incorporation into a future revision to TB 700-2.
Author
Classifications; Explosives; Hazards; Safety Management; Experiment Design
20010025037 Naval Air Warfare Center, Center Weapons Div., China Lake, CA USA
Reactive Flow Modeling of the SLSGT: Progress Towards Developing A New Shock Sensitivity Test for Hazard Classification
Miller, Philip J., Naval Air Warfare Center, USA; Boggs, Thomas L., Naval Air Warfare Center, USA; Graham, Kenneth J., Atlantic
Research Corp., USA; JANNAF 19th Propulsion Systems Hazards Subcommittee Meeting; November 2000; Volume 1, pp.
153-164; In English; See also 20010025025; No Copyright; Avail: CPIA, 10630 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Suite 202, Columbia, MD
21044-3200 HC
Many have expressed concerns over the alternate hazard classification test protocol currently called out in the Department
of Defense Ammunition and Explosives Hazard Classification Procedures, document TB 700-2 (Army), NAVSEAINST 8020.8B
(Navy), TO 11a-1-47 (Air Force). One of the oft heard complaints is that the protocol calls out tests that are ”over-kill” and not
representative of actual credible safety and hazard events associated with storage, handling and transportation of energetic materials
and articles. The Super Large Scale Gap Test (SLSGT), and the associated zero card criteria, has especially come under fire.
This paper discusses a hydrocode modeling effort that will be used to develop an alternative gap test to assess hazard classification.
Based on the computations, recommendations will be made for a more realistic replacement for the current gap tests called out
in TB 700-2.
Author
Classifications; Explosives; Hazards; Training Devices; Experiment Design; Shock Tests; Computer Systems Simulation; Sensitivity
Analysis
20010025038 Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Div., China Lake, CA USA
Experimental Input Parameters Required for Modeling the Response of PBXN-109 to Cookoff
Atwood, A. I., Naval Air Warfare Center, USA; Curran, P. O., Naval Air Warfare Center, USA; Hanson-Parr, D. M., Naval Air
Warfare Center, USA; Parr, T. P., Naval Air Warfare Center, USA; Ciaramitaro, D. A., Naval Air Warfare Center, USA; JANNAF
19th Propulsion Systems Hazards Subcommittee Meeting; November 2000; Volume 1, pp. 165-178; In English; See also
20010025025; No Copyright; Avail: CPIA, 10630 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Suite 202, Columbia, MD 21044-3200 HC
This paper describes some of the experimental parameters required for input into models being developed that will describe
cookoff reaction violence. Thermal, mechanical, physical and chemical characteristics of PBXN-109 explosive are being generated
as part of an emerging protocol for validation of cookoff hazards models. A single of PBXN-109, lot 991206 was formulated
and is being used in the cookoff model validation project. Experimental data describing the thermal diffusively, conductivity and
specific heat with respect to temperature are presented. Initial void content and bulk modulus for the pristine sample as well as
samples subjected to thermal conditioning have been measured. The effect of temperature with respect to weight loss and gas
evolution were measured for the PBXN- 109 sample. Steady state combustion measurements were also made.
Author
Data Acquisition; Computer Systems Simulation; Combustion; Mechanical Properties; Temperature Effects
20010025039 Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM USA
Mechanical Response of Heated PBXN-109
Kaneshige, M. J., Sandia National Labs., USA; Renlund, A. M., Sandia National Labs., USA; Schmitt, R. G., Sandia National
Labs., USA; JANNAF 19th Propulsion Systems Hazards Subcommittee Meeting; November 2000; Volume 1, pp. 179-190; In
English; See also 20010025025; Sponsored in part by the Office of Munitions under TCG-III
Contract(s)/Grant(s): DE-AC04-94AL-85000; No Copyright; Avail: CPIA, 10630 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Suite 202, Columbia,
MD 21044-3200 HC
Mechanical property characterization experiments have been performed on PBXN-109 in the hot cell and scale-up hot cell
devices at Sandia National Laboratories. These devices are designed to measure quasi-static properties such as bulk modulus and
creep rates of energetic materials under conditions leading up to cook-off. They can also detect gas pressurization due to decomposition.
These property data are required for modeling and simulation of cook-off. The scale-up hot cell is particularly suited
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