Large Explosive Drive Flyer for the Study of Shock Through Material

In order to collect simultaneous material data for multiple material samples under shock loading, a

testbed using an explosively driven flyer plate has been proposed. The objective of this current effort

was to design and test a flyer plate in said test bed. The initial test was designed to be a best-effort at

balancing the effects of stand-off, spall and curvature. A literature review and hydrocode simulations

baselined against historical experimental results were conducted to inform the design. One explosive

drive test was conducted that included diagnostics for flyer-plate characterization to evaluate the

velocity and curvature of the flyer plate from jump-off to the largest potential stand-off as determined

from the simulations, i.e. the stand-off beyond which the simulated curvature was too large