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Shock-wave loading conditions leading to damage of samples of plasticized TATB are described. Results of loading of the damaged TATB samples by an explosion of a mounted initiator were recorded by pulse radiography, and they show that the shock-wave sensitivity of the samples increases.
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Komrachkov, V.A., Kovtun, A.D. & Makarov, Y.M. Increase in shock-wave sensitivity of damaged samples of TATB. Combust Explos Shock Waves 35, 436–438 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02674478
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02674478