prEN 13631-15 rev

Explosives for civil uses - High explosives - Part 15: Calculation of thermodynamic properties

Scope

This document describes two methods to calculate explosion characteristics and other thermodynamic properties of explosives for blasting, boosters and explosive substances. Two models are considered:
- Constant-volume explosion;
- Chapman-Jouguet detonation state (CJ state).

NOTE This document does not apply to black powder.