?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F575%2F&rft.title=Modelling+the+effect+of+friction+on+explosives&rft.creator=Hicks%2C+P.&rft.creator=Hall%2C+C.&rft.subject=Energy+and+utilities&rft.subject=Aerospace+and+defence&rft.description=The+Atomic+Weapons+Establishment+(AWE)+investigate+the+safe+use+and+handling+of+high+explosives.+High+explosives+are+inherently+dangerous+and+their+detonation+can+be+triggered+by+low+velocity+impacts+with+speeds+in+the+range+of+10+to+70+m%2Fs+.+The+kinetic+energy+associated+with+impact+is+converted+into+thermal+energy+within+the+explosive%2C+potentially+leading+to+thermal+runaway+and+detonation.+The+study+group+was+asked+to+investigate+the+mechanisms+generating+heat+and+detonation+in+an+explosive+HMX%2C+based+on+the+compression+of+a+sample+of+the+explosive.+The+study+group+identified+frictional+heating+in+localized+shear+bands+as+the+most+likely+mechanism+for+heat+generation+in+the+compression+of+both+HMX+and+other+high+explosives+formed+from+a+granular+material+within+a+polymer+bonding.+The+study+group+also+considered+the+squeezing+of+explosive+samples+for+a+range+of+more+general+rheologies+and+investigated+possible+improvements+to+the+numerical+modelling+already+conducted+by+AWE.&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F575%2F1%2F2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hicks%2C+P.+and+Hall%2C+C.++(2011)+Modelling+the+effect+of+friction+on+explosives.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++