Shock and Detonation Physics at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Robbins, David L¹  Dattelbaum, Dana M¹  Sheffield, Steve A¹ 

[1] Los Alamos National Laboratory

关键词: CAPITAL;    COMPRESSION;    DETECTION;    DIAMONDS;    EQUATIONS OF STATE;    EXPLOSIONS;    EXPLOSIVES;    FABRICATION;    LANL;    LASERS;    NUCLEAR WEAPONS;    PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS;    PHYSICS;    PLATES;    PROBES;    REACTION KINETICS;    SECURITY;    TARGETS;    US DOD;    VELOCITY;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1049352
RP-ID  :  LA-UR-12-24261
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1049352
Others  :  TRN: US201218%%206

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

WX-9 serves the Laboratory and the Nation by delivering quality technical results, serving customers that include the Nuclear Weapons Program (DOE/NNSA), the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies. The scientific expertise of the group encompasses equations-of-state, shock compression science, phase transformations, detonation physics including explosives initiation, detonation propagation, and reaction rates, spectroscopic methods and velocimetry, and detonation and equation-of-state theory. We are also internationally-recognized in ultra-fast laser shock methods and associated diagnostics, and are active in the area of ultra-sensitive explosives detection. The facility capital enabling the group to fulfill its missions include a number of laser systems, both for laser-driven shocks, and spectroscopic analysis, high pressure gas-driven guns and powder guns for high velocity plate impact experiments, explosively-driven techniques, static high pressure devices including diamond anvil cells and dilatometers coupled with spectroscopic probes, and machine shops and target fabrication facilities.