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Energetic Materials: Performance Prediction and Construction

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2025) | Viewed by 1507

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Dezhou Guo

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School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: mechanics; material science; chemistry
Dr. Qianqian Li

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State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, West Xianning Road, Xi’an 710049, China
Interests: new energy combustion; soot; hydrogen safety and system; energy storage; energetic material
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Dear Colleagues,

We are now accepting submissions to a Special Issue entitled ‘Energetic Materials: Performance Prediction and Construction’.

Energetic materials are a class of compounds that release a large amount of energy via fast exothermic decomposing chemical reactions. Therefore, novel materials with an enhanced energetic performance are of significant interest. However, the development of new materials is an inefficient and expensive process that sometimes relies on subjective intuition and repeated trial and error. Thus, the prediction of computational performance is crucial because the best structures could be chosen just after molecule construction and before synthesis and characterization experiments.

In this Special Issue, we welcome submissions that explore new energetic materials and recent advances in the field of energetic performance prediction. Both theoretical and experimental studies are welcome, as well as comprehensive reviews and survey papers.

Prof. Dr. Dezhou Guo
Dr. Qianqian Li
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • energetic performance
  • detonation
  • numerical prediction
  • molecular design
  • experiment synthesis

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Experiment and Numerical Prediction on Shock Sensitivity of HMX–Based Booster Explosive with Small Scale Gap Test at Low and Elevated Temperatures
by Junming Yuan, Jiangqi Linghu, Peijiang Han, Xiuqi Tian, Nan Wang, Qi Yang and Jia Yang
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(19), 8964; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14198964 - 5 Oct 2024
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In order to analyze the effect of temperature changes on the shock initiation performance of HMX–based booster explosive, which consists of 95% HMX and 5% FPM2602 by weight, a temperature calibration test of acceptor was designed. The temperature changes in the booster [...] Read more.
In order to analyze the effect of temperature changes on the shock initiation performance of HMX–based booster explosive, which consists of 95% HMX and 5% FPM2602 by weight, a temperature calibration test of acceptor was designed. The temperature changes in the booster at low and elevated temperatures under the constraint of steel sleeve were obtained. Based on the temperature calibration results, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) was selected as gap material to conduct a small scale gap test (SSGT) of HMX–based booster under different temperature conditions. The corresponding critical gap thickness was tested. Based on SSGT results at different temperatures, the shock initiation processes were simulated by adjusting parameters of ignition and growth reactive rate model. The critical gap thickness and critical initiation pressure of HMX–based booster at different temperatures were numerically predicted. By combining SSGT experimental data and simulation results, the attenuation law and fitting prediction formula of the critical initiation pressure of HMX–based booster were proposed. The mechanism of temperature effect on the shock sensitivity of HMX–based booster explosive was analyzed. The research results indicate that the critical gap thickness of HMX–based booster gradually increases with the rise in temperature, and the critical initiation pressure gradually decreases during the shock initiation process under the heating temperature conditions. In addition, the simulation results show that the heated HMX–based booster under steel constraints becomes more sensitive at high temperatures (>120 °C), while the cooled booster is more insensitive, but its critical initial pressure does not change significantly between 88 °C and 120 °C. The experimental and numerical prediction results are important for the shock initiation safety and design of an insensitive booster explosive. Full article
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