PBXN-109, a fully qualified US Navy explosive composed of 64% RDX, 20%aluminium and 16% binder, is currently being used as the fill for the warhead in thePenguin antiship missile. In order to characterize the Australian produced PBXN-109,a range of tests is underway in the Explosives ...
The polymer bonded explosive, PBXN-109, is manufactured by Australian Defence Industries Limited (ADI) for use as the explosive fill in the Penguin Anti-Ship Missile warhead in support of Project Sea 1414. The energetic component of PBXN-109 is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) supplied to ...
Impact tests of the explosives Tritonal and PBX-N109 were conducted at the Advanced Warhead Experimentation Facility at Eglin AFB, FL. The tests show that these materials fragment under dynamic shear loading and require high hydrostatic loads after failure to generate internal friction needed for ...
In order to investigate the thermal initiation mechanism of a warhead under laser irradiation, small scale experiments have been carried out with shelled PBXN-109 to obtain the initiation time and critical metal temperature. It was found that, as the laser power increases, the initiation time ...