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Video Recording of an Air Blast Wave Resulting from Initiation of a Light-Sensitive Explosive Composition

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This paper presents experimental data on the parameters of an air blast wave resulting from initiation of VS-2 light-sensitive composition by laser diode radiation. The propagation of the air blast wave front was recorded by the background-oriented schlieren method. The air blast wave front was visualized using cross-correlation processing. Empirical dependences characterizing the propagation of the air blast wave front resulting from initiation of a light-sensitive composition of arbitrary weight. Experiments confirmed the possibility of initiating VS-2 light-sensitive composition using an EV-15 electric igniter.

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  1. Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Sarov, 607190, Russia

    S. I. Gerasimov & N. A. Trepalov

  2. Sarov Institute of Physics and Technology—Branch of MEPhI National Nuclear Research University, Sarov, 607186, Russia

    S. I. Gerasimov

  3. Alekseev Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    S. I. Gerasimov

  4. Institute of Mechanical Engineering Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences—Branch of the Institute of Applied Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, 603024, Russia

    S. I. Gerasimov

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Original Russian Text © S.I. Gerasimov, N.A. Trepalov.

Published in Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 55, No. 5, pp. 101–108, September–October, 2019.

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Gerasimov, S.I., Trepalov, N.A. Video Recording of an Air Blast Wave Resulting from Initiation of a Light-Sensitive Explosive Composition. Combust Explos Shock Waves 55, 606–612 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508219050125

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