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Grain-scale model of high explosives

hmx model

Grain-scale model of high explosives. (a) The individual grains are identified. (b) The voids between the grains are shown. (c) A shock wave propagates through the high explosive, igniting the voids. (d) A model of LX04 hgih explosive requires a bimodal grain-size distribution.

ASC Program Plan FY02-03—Figure 9, p. 15.