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Acta Armamentarii ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 823-828.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-1093.2016.05.008

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Preliminary Research on Formation Mechanisms of Edge Spalling in PBX Milling

XIE Feng-ying, ZHANG Qiu, LIU Wei, HUANG Jiao-hu, TANG Shi-long   

  1. (Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China)
  • Received:2015-08-05 Revised:2015-08-05 Online:2016-07-06
  • Contact: XIE Feng-ying E-mail:cquxiefengying@sina.com

Abstract: In view of controlling and optimizing of edge quality of polymer bounded explosive (PBX), the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics as well as the formation mechanisms of edge spalling formed by milling a HMX-based PBX are studied using microscopic photography and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Research results show that the edge spalling is formed by crack expanding toward inside workpiece at a large cutting depth, while the edge integrity is better when the cutting depth is not larger than 0.1 mm. Intact particles are few in the region of edge spalling due to transcrystalline fracture and twin crystal separation of damaged explosive particles, and the micro-damages, such as crack along crystalline boundary, polymer cracking and void, are mainly due to tensile stress and shear stress when a crack expands toward free-surface.

Key words: ordnance science and technology, milling, PBX, microscopic fracture, crack

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