Investigation of meso-erythritol as an inert shock surrogate for PETN shock experiments

Zakary Wilde; Tyler Eastmond; Kirk Bohlen; Pedro Peralta

doi:10.1063/12.0000901

Investigation of meso-erythritol as an inert shock surrogate for PETN shock experiments

Zakary Wilde, Tyler Eastmond, Kirk Bohlen, Pedro Peralta

Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, School for (IAFSE-SEMTE)

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Inert surrogates for high explosives provide low-risk options to study their basic material response to extreme conditions such as high pressure and high strain rates. Meso-Erythritol is under evaluation as a shock surrogate for Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN) due to their similar density, crystal structures, and melting points. However, no Hugoniot data for Meso-Erythritol currently exists. Preliminary gas gun experiments were performed to test a setup for determining the Hugoniot of Meso-Erythritol as a powder compact at 1.18 g/cc (82% theoretical maximum density). Photon doppler velocimetry was used to measure particle velocities. Experiments investigated impact velocities of up to 450 meters per second, and the testing conditions were used to inform hydrocode simulations. Initial results suggest that the resulting particle velocity in Meso-Erythritol is lower than PETN when compared to hydrocode simulations and that shock decay in Meso-Erythritol is faster than PETN.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2019
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
Editors	J. Matthew D. Lane, Timothy C. Germann, Michael R. Armstrong, Ryan Wixom, David Damm, Joseph Zaug
Publisher	American Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780735440005
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/12.0000901
State	Published - Nov 2 2020
Event	21st Biennial American Physical Society Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2019 - Portland, United States Duration: Jun 16 2019 → Jun 21 2019

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	2272
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	21st Biennial American Physical Society Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	6/16/19 → 6/21/19

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Wilde, Z., Eastmond, T., Bohlen, K., & Peralta, P. (2020). Investigation of meso-erythritol as an inert shock surrogate for PETN shock experiments. In J. M. D. Lane, T. C. Germann, M. R. Armstrong, R. Wixom, D. Damm, & J. Zaug (Eds.), Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2019: Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter Article 120032 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2272). American Institute of Physics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1063/12.0000901

Investigation of meso-erythritol as an inert shock surrogate for PETN shock experiments. / Wilde, Zakary; Eastmond, Tyler; Bohlen, Kirk et al.
Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2019: Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter. ed. / J. Matthew D. Lane; Timothy C. Germann; Michael R. Armstrong; Ryan Wixom; David Damm; Joseph Zaug. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2020. 120032 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2272).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Wilde, Z, Eastmond, T, Bohlen, K & Peralta, P 2020, Investigation of meso-erythritol as an inert shock surrogate for PETN shock experiments. in JMD Lane, TC Germann, MR Armstrong, R Wixom, D Damm & J Zaug (eds), Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2019: Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter., 120032, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2272, American Institute of Physics Inc., 21st Biennial American Physical Society Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2019, Portland, United States, 6/16/19. https://doi.org/10.1063/12.0000901

Wilde Z, Eastmond T, Bohlen K, Peralta P. Investigation of meso-erythritol as an inert shock surrogate for PETN shock experiments. In Lane JMD, Germann TC, Armstrong MR, Wixom R, Damm D, Zaug J, editors, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2019: Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter. American Institute of Physics Inc. 2020. 120032. (AIP Conference Proceedings). doi: 10.1063/12.0000901

Wilde, Zakary ; Eastmond, Tyler ; Bohlen, Kirk et al. / Investigation of meso-erythritol as an inert shock surrogate for PETN shock experiments. Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2019: Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter. editor / J. Matthew D. Lane ; Timothy C. Germann ; Michael R. Armstrong ; Ryan Wixom ; David Damm ; Joseph Zaug. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2020. (AIP Conference Proceedings).

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