Engineering Design Handbook - Principles of Explosive Behavior:

This 1972 handbook describes the principles of explosive behavior as they apply to liquid and solid explosives, and thus provides a readily accessible collection of important theoretical and experimental results on explosives and explosive effects. This document contains reports on: Energy of explosives, Thermal decomposition of explosives, Measurement of detonation properties, Elementary theory of the plane detonation wave, Application of theory to condensed explosives, Structure of the plane detonation wave: finite reaction zone, Detonation waves of cylindrical and spherical symmetry, Thermal explosion, Initiation of detonation by shock waves, Initiation and growth of detonation from impact, friction, and thermal sources, Shock waves from explosive charges, and Computer programs for explosive calculations. This book will benefit ammunition designers, scientists, and engineers.