Preliminary Design of Multifunctional Structural-Energetic Materials for High Density, High Strength and Release of High Enthalpic Energy

Reactive materials, such as thermite-like metal-metal oxide mixtures, intermetallic mixtures and combustible metals are being studied as candidates for binary energetic materials. During the past decade, there are several studies to use these reactive materials to design dual functional structural-energetic materials. Most of the earlier studies resulted in low strength, low density structural energetic materials, with low released enthalpic energies upon initiation of the reaction. In this paper procedures are developed to design hybrid dual functional structural energetic materials, with specified high density, high strength and capability to release high enthalpic energies following the initiation of the reaction of reactive material components.