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<p>The understanding of sympathetic detonation of energetic materials is important from the stand point of  safety, shelf life, storage requirements and handling. The objective of this thesis is to introduce a methodology to  assess performance and sensitivity levels of insensitive munitions to sympathetic detonations. AUTODYN code  was utilized to validate the shock sensitivity results for Composition B explosives. Upon code validation,  simulations were conducted to evaluate small scale sympathetic detonation via gap tests. Similarly, large scale  simulations of sympathetic detonations, reflective of real life scenarios, were performed. The understanding of  this analysis offers insights for the testing, design and storage orientation of future energetic materials.
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<br>Subjects: Mechanical engineering; Methodology</div>
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Raghavan, Dinesh.</div>
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