Investigation of the Combustion and Radiometric Behaviour of Magnesium-Teflon-Viton (MTV) Decoy Flares by Partial Replacement of Magnesium
Soujoy Debnath1,2), Hitesh Kumar1), Prashant Kulkarni1), Sunil Jain1), Shaibal Banerjee2)
Article (free download: PDF, 1.9 MB)
Affiliations:
1) High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Sutarwadi, Pune, India
2) Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Girinagar, Pune, India
Keywords: MTV flare, fuel replacement, IR intensity, REAL thermochemical calculation, combustion
DOI: 10.22211/cejem/207449Received: February 9, 2025; Revised: June 23, 2025; First published online: June 30, 2025
Root Cause Analysis for a Gas Generator and Ejection Seat System for Aircraft Applications
Bhupesh Ambadas Parate
Article (free download: PDF, 1.6 MB)
Affiliation:
Armament Research & Development Establishment, India
Keywords: Root Cause Analysis, gas generator, failure modes, seat ejection, pilot safety, aircraft safety, fault diagnosis, maintenance
DOI: 10.22211/cejem/205988Received: February 20, 2025; Revised: June 14, 2025; First published online: June 30, 2025
Ammonium Nitrate Catalyzed with Copper Chromite Nanoparticles: A Novel Halogen Free Oxidizer for a Solid Propellant with Low Smoke Signature
Sherif Elbasuney1,2), Ahmed Ashraf3), Ahmed Fahd3), Hosam E. Mostafa2), Mohamed Attwa2), Ali Said2)
Article (free download: PDF, 5.9 MB)
Affiliations:
1) School of Chemical Engineering, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt
2) Nanotechnology Research Center, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt
3) Technical Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Keywords: explosives and propellants, dust explosion, explosion inhibition, HMX, water mist
DOI: 10.22211/cejem/207453Received: November 7, 2024; Revised: June 23, 2025; First published online: June 30, 2025
Effect of Priming on the Detonation Development of an ANFO Explosive
Piotr Mertuszka1), Krzysztof Fuławka1), Daniel Buczkowski2), Mateusz Pytlik3)
Article (free download: PDF, 1.5 MB)
Affiliations:
1) KGHM CUPRUM Sp. z o.o. Research and Development Centre, 2-8 gen. W. Sikorskiego Street, 53-659 Wrocław, Poland
2) Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry, ul. 6 Annopol Street, 03-236 Warsaw, Poland
3) Główny Instytut Górnictwa – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, 1 Gwarków Square, 40-160 Katowice, Poland
Keywords: ANFO explosives, primer, detonation development, VOD
DOI: 10.22211/cejem/207461Received: May 21, 2024; Revised: June 23, 2025; First published online: June 30, 2025
Last updated: June 30, 2025
