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Bureau of Mines Instrumented Impact Tester (Preliminary Results).

Authors
Becker KR; Mason CM; Watson RW
Source
NTIS: PB 211 950 :21 pages
Link
NIOSHTIC No.
10001653
Abstract
The addition of a force gage and a reaction detector to the Bureau of Mines drop-weight impact apparatus made it possible to examine the details of the force exerted on the specimen and make estimates of the time to reaction. With the current setup the force was found to be oscillatory and not reproducible. However, single, well- defined pressure pulses can be delivered to the explosive sample by modifying the drop-weight tools. With a modified test arrangement, the time to reaction and the peak force and energy at the time of reaction were determined as a function of drop-weight height for several different explosives. All these parameters were found to decrease as the rate of force application was increased. The same parameters were also found to vary with the thickness of the test sample. The implications of these results are discussed in terms of practical drop-weight testing.
Publication Date
19720101
Document Type
IH; Report of Investigations
Fiscal Year
1972
NTIS Accession No.
PB-211950
NTIS Price
A03
Identifying No.
RI 7670
NIOSH Division
PRC;
Source Name
NTIS: PB 211 950
Page last reviewed: May 11, 2023
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division