Publications - Materials Technology

Many properties of energetic composite materials are rarely experimentally determined and instead estimated through the use of models established in the technical literature.

An algorithm describes a process within a system. For lifing algorithms, the system is defined by the national approach to munition life management.

Defects in energetic materials are relatively common and can have a significant impact on the safety and reliability of munitions, yet there is a lack of clarity in the use of terminology for describing and classifying these defects.

Following many discussions and multiple iterations over two years, MSIAC has produced a largely self-consistent taxonomy and lexicon of terms related to defects in energetic materials and munition systems, based on the paradigm of materials science and engineering.

Defects in munition systems are common and can have a significant impact on Safety and Suitability for Service (S3).

Mechanical properties of energetic materials dictate how a material will respond to a mechanical load.

This report addresses the implications of the presence of both conventional and insensitive munitions (IM) in a national stockpile, and presents theoretical methods to determine a critical amount or fraction of IM that may avoid escalation of accident scenarios (e.g.

Defects in energetic materials are relatively common and can have a significant impact on the safety and reliability of munitions, yet there is a lack of clarity in the use of terminology for describing and classifying these defects.

This document is to serve as a background resource for the array of interactions that X-ray, gamma and neutron radiation may have with a munition system during the course of a non-destructive examination.  The discussion of X-rays and gamma rays (energetic photons) is li