Publications - PM's Overview

Rocket motors are designed to propel payloads to their final destination by ejecting hot gases through a nozzle. The gases are produced by combustion of fuel and oxidizers, which can be separated (hybrid combustion) or mixed with each other (gun propellant, propellant grain).

Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs) have been used for decades to propel tactical and ballistic missiles as well as space launchers. The high impulse delivered by today’s solid propellants and their availability mean that they continue to be widely used by the military.

A major safety concerns for energetic materials present in gun launched munitions is the exposure to severe set-back forces which develop as the shell is accelerated.  Table I presents a listing of typical projectile accelerations associated with different gun launches [1,2].  Under the

This document summarizes output from the Material Damage Focus Area breakout session of the MSIAC science of cook-off workshop held in Atlanta, 25th to 29th April 2016.

The probability of an accidental initiation of explosives and ammunition is an important parameter in Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA).

The NATO Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) is a multinational collaboration that collects, stores, and analyses technical information related to Munitions Safety (MS) and Insensitive Munitions (IM).

This report was originally published in December 2003 and some areas, testing in particular, have been updated in support of MSIAC‟s 2016 Atlanta Science of Cookoff workshop. A review of current knowledge in cookoff phenomena is proposed.

The NATO Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) is a multinational collaboration that collects, stores, and analyses technical information related to Munitions Safety (MS) and Insensitive Munitions (IM).

This glossary is a compilation of existing definitions related to Insensitive Munitions or more generally to munitions safety. These definitions have been taken from 56 references and have

In the interest of providing immediate information resulting from Phase II of this Workshop, NIMIC has prepared Volume III of the IM Testing Workshop Report, covering Bullet Impact, Fragment Impact, Shaped Charge Jet Impact, Spall Impact as well as some considerations on Spigot