Detonation of high explosives is of great practical importance for both defence and civil applications. The capability to simulate detonation processes allows not only to increase efficiency of explosive assembly, but also to ensure material saving. Certain charge configurations may significantly strengthen the shattering action of condensed explosives, and gas cumulation effects can considerably increase velocity of certain flow elements, which can also be used for practical purposes.

  • Detonation of three-dimensional charges

    Detonation of three-dimensional charge. Pressure distribution
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        Propagation of the detonation wave over the high explosives charge. Pressure distribution is shown.



  • Non-simultaneous detonations of high explosives around the airplane

    Non-simultaneous detonations of high explosives around the airplane
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        Estimation of construction tolerance to explosions in the immediate vicinity of the airframe (for example, when being fired at from antiaircraft guns) is of great importance when designing battleplanes.
        The time-pressure dependence has been determined in the course of a series of non-simultaneous detonations around the A-10 ground attack plane simulation by means of the GDT package.
        Courtesy of Dr. M.R. Baer, Sandia National Laboratories, USA.


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  • Destruction chamber

         The process of ammunition disposal in the destruction chamber has been simulated. The chamber consists of the compartment containing the ammunition and the outer chamber. Pressure distribution is shown.


    Взрыв за дверью
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  • Blast across the shelter

        The problem of ensuring human safety during terrorist acts, natural and man-caused disasters has been acquiring an increasing urgency lately. It is especially important to be able to estimate the degree of load on constructional elements of safety barriers and the blast load level, effecting the human body in tasks with different geometry configurations and distances between a man and a blast source.