Evaluation of ANFO performance with cylinder test

The Gurney model allows estimating the velocity of a metal which is in contact with an explosive charge. After the detonation, during the gas1 INTRODUCTIONCylinder expansion test has been chosen as the most suitable test to measure the initial work capacity of civil explosives in realistic geometry and charge size. This test was developed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory with the aim of obtaining the metal acceleration capability of an explosive and obtain the equation of state.