Hotspot formation in an energetic crystal

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Defects in energetic materials form localized high-temperature region (hotspot) under shock loading. The movie shows the hotspot formation in an RDX crystal with a 3D spherical nanovoid. Green & red color indicates high-frequent molecular vibrational mode.For more information, please visit...

Shock loading on energetic material

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Tags: energetic_material  shock_sensitivity 

Shock-induced fragmentation of energetic molecules, l,3,5-trinitro-l,3,5-triazine (RDX). Simulations show 1) mechanically induced chemical reaction at shock front, 2) bi-modal shock response of energetic molecules, and 3) nanostructured molecular dipole moment.For more information, please visit...

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