A sympathetic detonation (SD, or SYDET), also called flash over or secondary/secondaries (explosion), is a detonation, usually unintended, of an explosive...
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needed]. Carbon detonation Detonator Detonation of an explosive charge Detonation diamond Detonation flame arrester Sympathetic detonation Nuclear testing...
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identification with another Sympathetic detonation, a detonation, usually unintended, of an explosive charge by a nearby explosion Sympathetic magic, in religion...
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C-4 (explosive) (section Detonation)
impact tests at ambient temperature, it failed the shock stimulus, sympathetic detonation and shaped charge jet tests. Additional tests were done including...
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thermal event less intense than fire. A cooked-off round may cause a sympathetic detonation of adjacent rounds. Insensitive munitions are designed to be less...
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into one of the trucks, causing it to detonate, and resulting in a sympathetic detonation of the remaining trucks. The tunnel entrances cave in, and a devastating...
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a six-metre-wide path of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines by sympathetic detonation. This cleared path has a length of around 200 metres. For safety...
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without the extreme shock and heat provided by a blasting cap (or a sympathetic detonation); this stability also allows it to be melted at 81 °C (178 °F),...
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or heat and pressure can be sufficient to cause cooking off or sympathetic detonation of the tank's unfired explosive shells and propellant. This causes...
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any fuel the vehicle may be carrying as well as the detonation (cooking off, or sympathetic detonation) of its ammunition. A catastrophic kill does not necessarily...
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submerged U-boat, for example at 200 ft (60 m) in under 9 seconds. Sympathetic detonation of projectiles near those contacting hard surfaces was a possibility...
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an anti-handling device. Note that detonation of an MS-3 under an anti-tank mine may cause sympathetic detonation of the larger munition. Additionally...
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effect, an armored vehicle's turret becoming displaced after a sympathetic detonation Jackinabox, a 2005 album by Turin Brakes This disambiguation page...
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of the starboard bow, the second explosion most likely being a sympathetic detonation caused by the first. The blasts cracked the superstructure, buckled...
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need addressing when designing IM, e.g., slow and fast cook-off, sympathetic detonation, bullet and fragment impact, and shaped charge jet impact. Extensive...
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explosive contained within the mine or mines. This latter is known as a sympathetic detonation. Counter-mining is normally used as a last resort or if other equipment...
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Composition B.[page needed] The ninth explosion was attributed to a sympathetic detonation between an AN-M65 and a newer 500-lb M117 H6 bomb that were positioned...
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Flashover Recordings, a trance music record label Sympathetic detonation, or flashover, detonation of an explosive charge by a nearby explosion This disambiguation...
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activated weapon before it can explode, setting off the others by sympathetic detonation and causing the nearby volcano of Santorini to explode in a tremendous...
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mines to be planted as close as two feet (0.61 m) without causing sympathetic detonation (normally five feet is the minimum safe distance). Sufficient pressure...
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splits do not affect the mine's performance. The mines are prone to sympathetic detonation if laid closer together than 2 m. The mine is found in Angola, Chad...
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glass fuze plug on the top. This design was very thin-walled and sympathetic detonation could occur if the mines were planted closer together than seven...
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shock-resistant and can be laid as close as two meters apart without causing sympathetic detonation. The status of the mine is unclear; all operational stocks of the...
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Explosive (section Detonation)
its own detonation wave. The procedure involves the detonation of a series of charges of different diameters until difficulty in detonation wave propagation...
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relay armature or seawater leaking into damaged mines rather than sympathetic detonation of explosives. The minesweepers were sometimes able to continue...
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Spanish–American War with torpedo reliability and the dangers of sympathetic detonation, it was decided not to use this weapon on the new cruisers. The...
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laid between 3.5 and 1.8 meters apart, any closer would trigger sympathetic detonation. Length: 0.28 m Width: 0.13 m Height: 0.14 m Operating pressure:...
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used to provide buoyancy catastrophically failed, leading to the sympathetic detonation of the remaining five spheres. ABE is not believed to be recoverable...
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Recompression System (SRDRS) Swimmer Detection Sonar (SDS) System Sympathetic Detonation (SYDET) The Information Resources Division assists the staff with...
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Spanish–American War with torpedo reliability and the dangers of sympathetic detonation, it was decided not to use this weapon on the new cruisers. The...
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