US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal 1 article published in JoVE Engineering Research and Development of High-performance Explosives Rodger Cornell1, Erik Wrobel1, Paul E. Anderson2 1Detonation Physics Branch, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, 2Explosives Research Branch, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal Developmental testing of high explosives for military applications involves small-scale formulation, safety testing, and finally detonation performance tests to verify theoretical calculations. This paper will share typical development tests associated with the measurement of detonation velocity and detonation pressure.
