• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.66-71
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• 2018

The evaluation of the shelf-life of energetic materials is important. However, there are several difficulties associated with the evaluation. First, aging experiments require a considerable amount of time. Second, treating highly energetic materials is dangerous. For these reasons, many evaluation methods have been developed. Because most energetic materials decompose with the evolution of heat, it is important to analyze the thermal properties of energetic materials in order to understand decomposition and aging properties. In this paper, we describe the estimation of thermal aging properties and develop a kinetic model from spot data set of mechanical properties and estimate aging properties for mechanical results.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.58-63
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• 2020

THPP is a type of metallic complex explosive used in initiators, consisting of TiH₂ and KClO₄. In this case KClO₄ includes ClO₄^- which is a harmful substance that may cause thyroid dysfunction or tumors. In this study KIO₄ is applied to a new type of environmentally friendly explosive as a substitute to the conventional KClO₄. Tests were carried out to see if KIO₄ can be made a successful replacement for KClO₄.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.87-96
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• 2007

Risk assessment was carried out in order to improve the remediation and management strategy on a contaminated gunnery site, where a flood control reservoir is under construction nearby. Six chemicals, including explosive chemicals and heavy metals, which were suspected to possess risk to humans by leaching events from the site were the target pollutants for the assessment. A site-specific conceptual site model was constructed based on effective, reasonable exposure pathways to avoid any overestimation of the risk. Also, conservative default values were adapted to prevent underestimation of the risk when site-specific values were not available. The risks of the six contaminants were calculated by API's Decision Support System for Exposure and Risk Assessment with several assumptions. In the crater-formed-area(Ac), the non-carcinogenic risks(i.e., HI values) of TNT(Tri-Nitro-Toluene) and Cd were slightly larger than 1, and for RDX(Royal Demolition Explosives), over 50. The total non-carcinogenic risk of the whole gunnery range calculated to a significantly high value of 62.5. Carcinogenicity of Cd was estimated to be about $10^{-3}$, while that of Pb was about $5\;{\times}\;10^{-4}$, which greatly exceeded the generally acceptable carcinogenic risk level of $10^{-4}{\sim}10^{-6}$. The risk assessment results suggest that an immediate remediation practice for both carcinogens and non-carcinogens are required before the reservoir construction. However, for more accurate risk assessment, more specific estimations on condition shifts due to the construction of the reservoir are required, and more over, the effects of the pollutants to the ecosystem is also necessary to be evaluated.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.25-31
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• 2016

This research investigated the manufacturing process and characteristics analysis of ZPP(Zirconium Potassium Perchlorate) as pyrotechnic are commonly found in the aerospace, defense, and automotive industries. A solid pyrotechnic mixture is composed of an oxidizing agent, fuel, and binder. Precipitation process was used to uniformly mix the raw material. Through the analysis of the material characteristics and thermal response is designed optimum ratio by NASA CEA program. It was compared by performing the evaluation of these size, shape and calorimetry characteristics.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.85-94
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• 2003

발파후에 2차연소 또는 폭발(이하, 2차연소라 한다. )이 일어났다는 사실은 폭약이 폭발후에 어떤 가연성가스가 발생하고 그 가연성가스가 잔존하는 폭발열 또는 기타의 점화원에 의해 연소되었음을 의미한다. 폭약이 폭발하였을 때, 발생 가능한 가연성물질은 유리탄소, 일산화탄소, 수소 등으로 추정할 수 있는데 실험결과에서는 가연성물질의 주성분이 수소인 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서는 에멀존계 함수폭약이 산소평형, 알루미늄함량, 알루미늄형태와 크기 그리고 포장지의 두께에 따라 수소가 발생되는 양을 가스크로마토그라피를 이용하여 측정하였다. 상기의 열거한 요인들은 모두 수소발생량과 관계가 있는데, 이중에서도 가장 중요한 요인은 산소평형과 알루미늄의 함량인 것으로 나타났다. 한 예로 알루미늄이 15%가 포함되고 산소평형이 -10인 에멀존계 함수폭약은 폭발후에 19.4%의 수소를 함유하고 있는 후가스를 발생시켰으며 이 가스를 포집하여 공기중에 방출시키면서 성냥불을 가까이 하였더니 연소가 되었다. 따라서 에너지를 높이기 위하여 알루미늄의 함량을 높이고 산소평형을 지나치게 마이너스로 설계한다면, 2차연소는 언제든지 발생할 가능성이 있다고 판단된다. 알루미늄의 함량을 가능한 적게, 산소평형을 가능한 0에 가깝게 설계해야 만이 2차연소 현상을 방지할 수 있을 것이며 ㄸ한 최적의 설계뿐만이 아니라 정확한 제조와 품질검사도 2차연소 현상을 방지하는데 중요한 몫을 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.523-532
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• 2008

A phase II site investigation and feasibility study was conducted at a military mortar shooting range near the demilitarized zone (Kyunggi, South Korea) to assess the extent of contaminants migration to the nearby Imjin river in which a flood control dam is under construction. The results showed that silty-clay soils around target areas were co-contaminated with heavy metals (Cd, Cu, and Pb) and explosives (HMX, RDX, and TNT). The total amount of contaminant was estimated to be 497.1 kg-RDX, 20.6 kg-HMX, 1.4 kg-TNT, 35.2 kg-Cd, 4,331 kg-Cu, and 5,115 kg-Pb, respectively. Both heavy metals and explosives were almost equally distributed on each soil particle size fraction. Neither subsurface soil samples nor ground water samples showed signs of contamination above the environmental criteria. The major migration route of contaminants was soil particles in surface run-off during rain at which a mass discharge rate of 30.0 mg-RDX/hour was observed.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.28-34
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• 2016

Empirical model, phenomenological model, and CFD model have been used to evaluate the blast effects produced by explosion of explosives, flammable gas and liquid or dust. TNT equivalence method which is one of empirical models has been widely used as it is simple. In this study, new peak overpressure-scaled distance and scaled impulse-scaled distance equations are induced through fitting data from the curves given by TNT equivalence method. If the TNT equivalent mass is calculated, it is possible to estimate the peak overpressure and impulse using the regression equations. Differences of peak overpressure with yield factor which is a component of TNT equivalence method are found to be great in near-by distances from explosion source where the increase in overpressure is very steep, but the differences are getting smaller as the distances increase.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.23-31
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• 2006

Optimum additive which gets Possible detonation sensitivity and minimum stability has been selected among several additives. It is able to mitigate a chemical reaction without destroying a structure of emulsion. Kinecker has been developed by mixing both matrix and selected additive through a perfect formulation. The detonation pressure is reduced by 40.66%(47.27% by Nitro Dyne's program), and hole pressure by 33.25% and even VOD by 52.88% against currently used emulsion explosives.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.543-550
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• 2017

Various chemical properties including density and heat of formation of 1-substitued trinitroimidazoles (TNIs) were estimated by using density functional theory (DFT). Using chemical properties estimated by DFT, explosive performance and sensitivity of 1-substitued TNIs were analyzed by following the ADD Method-1 procedure. The results were displayed on two-dimensional performance-sensitivity plot, and were compared with those of explosive molecules commonly used in many military systems. Different 1-substituents of TNI made that both explosive performance and impact sensitivity were changed significantly. Methyl substituted TNI became moderately insensitive and slightly less powerful. Amino, fluoro, picryl, and difluoroamino substituted TNIs were highly powerful like RDX and HMX, but greatly sensitive. Nitro substituted TNI was predicted to be extremely sensitive to be handled as a secondary explosive.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.435-446
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• 2012

생활을 향상시키고 개선하기 위해 화학물질은 전 세계적으로 널리 이용 되고 있고, 또한 국내에는 38,000여종의 화학물질이 유통되고 있다. 그러나 화학물질은 그 이점에도 불구하고 사람이나 환경에 유해 영향을 가져올 가능성이 있어 위험물안전관리법에서는 3,000여종을 위험물로 분류하여 규제하고 있다. 위험물에 관련하여 유해화학물질관리법, 위험물안전관리법, 고압가스안전관리법, 총포 도검 화약류단속법, 원자력 진흥법, 농약관리법 등에서 개별적으로 규정하고 분류하고 있어 위험물질에 대한 표지사항이 해당 부처에 따라 상이하여 혼란을 야기하고 있고, 위험물에 대한 품목 및 품명의 고정으로 인하여 새롭게 생성된 위험물질에 대해 적용하는 데 문제점이 있다. 이에 의해 위험물질을 개별법에 따라 관리함으로써 중복된 위험물질 분류 및 관리의 문제가 있으며, 위험물질 분류에 있어서 위험물질에 따라 수송수단이 상이함에도 불구하고 수송수단별(도로, 철도, 해운, 항공) 위험물질에 대한 세분화된 자료가 부족하다. 따라서 수송관점에서 표준화된 위험물 물질정보의 분류와 코드화 방안개발이 필요하다. 본 연구는 국내 외 문헌 검토 및 위험물에 관련된 법제도 비교를 통하여 위험물 수송관리체계 정비방안과 위험물 수송사고의 문제점을 도출하고 기존의 위험물 분류체계에서 운송관점에서의 위험물 매칭테이블을 구축하고 신속한 사고대응을 위한 위험물질별 코드화 방안을 제안하도록 하겠다.