Theoretical study for anisotropic responses of the condensed-phase RDX under shock loadings

We have performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in conjunction with multiscale shock technique (MSST) to investigate the anisotropy of shock sensitivity of the RDX under shock loading applied along the different directions. The results show that the detonation temperature and pressure in the z-direction lags behind that of x-direction (or y-direction). Thus, we draw a conclusion that sensitive for shock propagation along x or y-direction, but less sensitive for shock propagation along z-direction.235